Two-component regulatory systems in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: An intricate network mediating fimbrial and efflux pump gene expression

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1353-1366

  Sivaneson, Melissa ^a,b   Mikkelsen, Helga ^a   Ventre, Isabelle ^b   Bordi, Christophe ^b   Filloux, Alain ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN ROC1; PROTEIN ROC2; PROTEIN ROCA1; PROTEIN ROCA2; PROTEIN ROCS1; PROTEIN ROCS2; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CELL TRANSPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUP GENE; CUPC GENE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DOWN REGULATION; FIMBRIA; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; MEXAB GENE; NONHUMAN; OPRM GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; ROC2 GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 79951811566     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07527.x     Document Type: Article

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