Azithromycin inhibits expression of the GacA-dependent small RNAs RsmY and RsmZ in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 3399-3405

  Pérez Martínez, Isabel ^a   Haas, Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; PROTEIN GACA; PROTEIN RSMY; PROTEIN RSMZ; PYOCYANINE; SMALL UNTRANSLATED RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATOR GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AZITHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 79959268114     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: 10986596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.01801-10     Document Type: Article

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