Identification of genes in the σ22 regulon of pseudomonas aeruginosa required for cell envelope homeostasis in either the planktonic or the sessile mode of growth

mBio

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2012, Pages

  Wood, Lynn F ^a,b   Ohman, Dennis E ^a,b  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CARBENICILLIN; CYCLOSERINE; FOSFOMYCIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR 22; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELLULAR STRESS RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE INSERTION SEQUENCE; GENE LOSS; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HOMEOSTASIS; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LACZ GENE; MUCA GENE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER OF THE ALGINATE BIOSYNTHETIC OPERON GENE; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; REGULON; SESSILE SPECIES; STIMULON;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84863434887     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.00094-12     Document Type: Article

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