The transcriptional regulator CzcR modulates antibiotic resistance and quorum sensing in pseudomonas aeruginosa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2012, Pages

  Dieppois, Guennaëlle ^a   Ducret, Véréna ^a   Caille, Olivier ^a   Perron, Karl ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN CZCR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; HEAVY METAL; OPRD PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PORIN; PYOCYANINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CHROMOSOME IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZCRS GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; LASL GENE; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; OPRD GENE; PHZA1 GENE; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; ANIMAL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALIA; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; METALS, HEAVY; PHENOTYPE; PORINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PYOCYANINE; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84861564515     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0038148     Document Type: Article

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