Pseudomonas aeruginosa enhances production of a non-alginate exopolysaccharide during long-term colonization of the cystic fibrosis lung

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Huse, Holly K ^a   Kwon, Taejoon ^a   Zlosnik, James E A ^b   Speert, David P ^b   Marcotte, Edward M ^a   Whiteley, Marvin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GAIN OF FUNCTION MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRAIT; LUNG FIBROSIS; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHAF GENE; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SURVIVAL RATE; UPREGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RNA PROCESSING, POST-TRANSCRIPTIONAL;

EID: 84891955354     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082621     Document Type: Article

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