Vanadate and triclosan synergistically induce alginate production by Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain PAO1

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 554-570

  Damron, F Heath ^a,c,f   Davis Jr , Michael R ^f   Withers, T Ryan ^a   Ernst, Robert K ^d   Goldberg, Joanna B ^f   Yu, Guangli ^e   Yu, Hongwei D ^a,b,c  

^a MARSHALL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MARSHALL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Dow Technology Park   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Ocean University of China   (China)

^f UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; AMMONIUM VANADATE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; LIPID A; MUCA PROTEIN; PALMITIC ACID; PROTEINASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRICLOSAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANADIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEOMICS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; UPREGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ALGINATES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCURONIC ACID; HEXURONIC ACIDS; PROTEOME; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRICLOSAN; VANADATES;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 79960190589     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07715.x     Document Type: Article

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