The Pseudomonas aeruginosa reference strain PA14 displays increased virulence due to a mutation in ladS

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2011, Pages

  Mikkelsen, Helga ^a   McMullan, Rachel ^a   Filloux, Alain ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN GACS; PROTEIN LADS; PROTEIN RETS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; CYTOTOXICITY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; LADS GENE; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETS GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; UPREGULATION; GENETICS; HELA CELL; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENES, BACTERIAL; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; UP-REGULATION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84055207510     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0029113     Document Type: Article

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