Pseudomonas aeruginosa enhances production of an antimicrobial in response to N-acetylglucosamine and peptidoglycan

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 909-917

  Korgaonkar, Aishwarya K ^a   Whiteley, Marvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN NAGE; PROTEIN NAGR; PYOCYANINE; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MAPPING; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSPOSON; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 79551497467     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01175-10     Document Type: Article

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