Co-regulation of β-lactam resistance, alginate production and quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 147-156

  Balasubramanian, Deepak ^a   Kong, Kok Fai ^a   Jayawardena, Suriya Ravi ^a   Leal, Sixto Manuel ^a   Sautter, Robert Todd ^a   Mathee, Kalai ^b  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC;

ALGT/U GENE; AMPR GENE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOSS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LASA GENE; LASL GNE; LASR GENE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PARALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATOR GENE; RHLL GENE;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; QUORUM SENSING; SIGMA FACTOR; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 79251504292     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.021600-0     Document Type: Article

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