Fluorescence-based reporter for gauging cyclic Di-GMP levels in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 78, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 5060-5069

  Rybtke, Morten T ^a   Borlee, Bradley R ^b,f   Murakami, Keiji ^b   Irie, Yasuhiko ^b   Hentzer, Morten ^c   Nielsen, Thomas E ^d,e   Givskov, Michael ^a,e   Parsek, Matthew R ^b   Tolker Nielsen, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c H LUNDBECK A S   (Denmark)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^e NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^f Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERUGINOSA; BIOFILM FORMATION; CELLULAR LEVELS; CHRONIC INFECTION; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENES ENCODING; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; IMMUNE SYSTEMS; INP; INTRACELLULAR LEVELS; P.AERUGINOSA; PHOSPHODIESTERASES; POTENTIAL TARGETS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SECOND MESSENGER;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIA; FLUORESCENCE; GENES;

BIOFILMS;

ADHESIN; CDRA PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; CYCLIC GMP; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN;

ANTIBIOTICS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFECTIVITY; MONITORING; NITRIC OXIDE; TOLERANCE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; FLUORESCENCE; GENETICS; PLASMID; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPORTER GENE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BIOFILMS; CYCLIC GMP; FLUORESCENCE; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84866151885     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00414-12     Document Type: Article

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