The Effect of pstS and phoB on Quorum Sensing and Swarming Motility in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Blus Kadosh, Inna ^a   Zilka, Anat ^a   Yerushalmi, Gal ^a   Banin, Ehud ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSURFACTANT; PHOSPHATE; RHAMONLIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHOB GENE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSTS GENE; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STARVATION; UPREGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GLYCOLIPIDS; MOVEMENT; MUTATION; PHOSPHATES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING;

EID: 84883314209     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0074444     Document Type: Article

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