The extra-cytoplasmic function sigma factor sigX modulates biofilm and virulence-related properties in pseudomonas aeruginosa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 11, 2013, Pages

  Gicquel, Gwendoline ^a   Bouffartigues, Emeline ^a   Bains, Manjeet ^b   Oxaran, Virginie ^a   Rosay, Thibaut ^a   Lesouhaitier, Olivier ^a   Connil, Nathalie ^a   Bazire, Alexis ^c   Maillot, Olivier ^a   Bénard, Magalie ^d   Cornelis, Pierre ^e   Hancock, Robert E W ^b   Dufour, Alain ^c   Feuilloley, Marc G J ^a   Orange, Nicole ^a   Déziel, Eric ^f   Chevalier, Sylvie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ROUEN   (France)

^e VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^f INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CACO-2 CELLS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CYTOPLASM; ENERGY METABOLISM; HUMANS; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTOME; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84894114975     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080407     Document Type: Article

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