The catabolite repression control protein Crc plays a role in the development of antimicrobial-tolerant subpopulations in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 158, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 3014-3019

  Zhang, Lianbo ^a   Chiang, Wen Chi ^b   Gao, Qingguo ^a   Givskov, Michael ^b,c   Tolker Nielsen, Tim ^b   Yang, Liang ^c,d   Zhang, Guang ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; PROTEIN CRC; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TOLERANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; DRUG TOLERANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84870329335     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.061192-0     Document Type: Article

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