Gene expression in Pseudomonas aeruginosa swarming motility

BMC Genomics

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Tremblay, Julien ^a   Déziel, Eric ^a  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPEPTIDASE; BACTERIOFERRITIN; CYTOCHROME C OXIDASE; FERREDOXIN; GLUCOSE DEHYDROGENASE; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE; NITRATE REDUCTASE; PROTON TRANSPORTING ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; PYRROLOQUINOLINEQUINONE; THIOL ESTER HYDROLASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOFILM; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN METABOLISM; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; TRANSPOSON; UPREGULATION; BACTERIAL COUNT; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; DOWN REGULATION; FLAGELLUM; GENETICS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DOWN-REGULATION; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MODELS, GENETIC; MOVEMENT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; UP-REGULATION;

EID: 77957999151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-11-587     Document Type: Article

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