Oxygen levels rapidly modulate Pseudomonas aeruginosa social behaviours via substrate limitation of PqsH

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1527-1538

  Schertzer, Jeffrey W ^a   Brown, Stacie A ^a   Whiteley, Marvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2 HEPTYL 3 HYDROXY 4 QUINOLONE; 2 HEPTYL 4 QUINOLONE; CARBON; OXYGEN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; REDUCED NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CATALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

4-QUINOLONES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; NAD; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXYGEN; OXYGENASES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 77956637819     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07303.x     Document Type: Article

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