Response of pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 to low shear modelled microgravity involves AlgU regulation

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1545-1564

  Crabbé, Aurélie ^a,b,e   Pycke, Benny ^b,c,e   Van Houdt, Rob ^b   Monsieurs, Pieter ^b   Nickerson, Cheryl ^d   Leys, Natalie ^b   Cornelis, Pierre ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PLANT SYSTEMS BIOLOGY   (Belgium)

^b BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; ALGU PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACID; OXYGEN; SIGMA FACTOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOREACTOR; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHEAR STRENGTH; SPACE FLIGHT; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOREACTORS; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HUMANS; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OXYGEN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHEAR STRENGTH; SIGMA FACTOR; SPACE FLIGHT; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; WEIGHTLESSNESS;

EID: 77957953221     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02184.x     Document Type: Article

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