Role of the quorum sensing mechanism in the response of pseudomonas aeruginosa to lethal and sublethal UVA irradiation

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 86, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1334-1342

  Costa, Cristina S ^a   Pezzoni, Magdalena ^a   Fernández, Rubén O ^a   Pizarro, Ramón A ^a  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALASE; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CATALASE; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 78649643144     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.2010.00800.x     Document Type: Article

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