The pel polysaccharide can serve a structural and protective role in the biofilm matrix of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Colvin, Kelly M ^a   Gordon, Vernita D ^b   Murakami, Keiji ^a   Borlee, Bradley R ^a   Wozniak, Daniel J ^c   Wong, Gerard C L ^d   Parsek, Matthew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBENICILLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; MEROPENEM; PELF PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALGINIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PEL GENE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; DRUG EFFECT; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ALGINATES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TOBRAMYCIN;

EID: 79551521160     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1001264     Document Type: Article

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