An orphan chemotaxis sensor regulates virulence and antibiotic tolerance in the human pathogen pseudomonas aeruginosa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  McLaughlin, Heather Pearl ^a   Caly, Delphine L ^a   McCarthy, Yvonne ^a   Ryan, Robert Patrick ^a   Dow, John Maxwell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; MEROPENEM; METHYL ACCEPTING CHEMOTAXIS PROTEIN; POLYMYXIN B; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL TWO HYBRID ANALYSIS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; HYBRID; NONHUMAN; PA2572 GENE; PA2573 GENE; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LARVA; MOTHS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GALLERIA MELLONELLA; LEPIDOPTERA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84864754060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042205     Document Type: Article

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