Modulation of QscR, a quorum sensing receptor of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, by truncation of a signal binding domain

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 164, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 375-381

  Park, Su Jin ^a   Liu, Hai Bo ^a,b   Park, Sunghoon ^a   Lee, Joon Hee ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b GUANGXI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Pseudomonas aeruginosa; QscR; Quorum sensing; Signal binding domain; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ARABINOSE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA BINDING; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84878650993     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2013.02.001     Document Type: Article

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