Emergence of the P2 phenotype in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 strains involves various mutations in mexT or mexF

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 196, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 504-513

  Luong, Preston M ^a   Shogan, Benjamin D ^a   Zaborin, Alexander ^a   Belogortseva, Natalia ^a   Shrout, Joshua D ^b   Zaborina, Olga ^a   Alverdy, John C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^b University of Notre Dame   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEXF PROTEIN; MEXT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL GROWTH; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA LIBRARY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; LABORATORY; MEXF GENE; MEXT GENE; MIXED CELL CULTURE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 84890923270     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01050-13     Document Type: Article

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