A unique regulator controls the activation threshold of quorum-regulated genes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 107, Issue 17, 2010, Pages 7916-7921

  Siehnel, Richard ^a   Traxler, Beth ^a   An, Ding Ding ^a   Parsek, Matthew R ^a   Schaefer, Amy L ^a   Singh, Pradeep K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell to cell signaling; Gene regulation; LasR; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN LASR; PROTEIN PA2593; PROTEIN QTEE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STABILITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLUORESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; IMMUNOBLOTTING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 77952342293     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0908511107     Document Type: Article

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