The Pseudomonas aeruginosa global regulator VqsR directly inhibits QscR To control quorum-sensing and virulence gene expression

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3098-3108

  Liang, Haihua ^a,b   Deng, Xin ^b   Ji, Quanjiang ^b   Sun, Fei ^b   Shen, Tuo ^a   He, Chuan ^b  

^a NORTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HOMODIMER; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; PROTEIN LASR; PROTEIN QSCR; PROTEIN VQSR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; INVERTED REPEAT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DNA FOOTPRINTING; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN MULTIMERIZATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84864006267     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.06679-11     Document Type: Article

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