Identification of mutants with altered phenazine production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 22-34

  Liang, Haihua ^a   Duan, Jiali ^a   Sibley, Christopher D ^b   Surette, Michael G ^b   Duan, Kangmin ^a,b  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOSERINE; LACTONE; PHENAZINE; PROTEINASE; PYOCYANINE; RHAMNOLIPID;

ARTICLE; DROSOPHILA; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; POTATO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DROSOPHILA; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLYCOLIPIDS; LIPIDS; LOCOMOTION; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; OPERON; PHENAZINES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PYOCYANINE; QUORUM SENSING; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; VIRULENCE;

EID: 78650835419     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.022350-0     Document Type: Article

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