Global analysis of the Burkholderia thailandensis quorum sensing-controlled regulon

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 196, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 1412-1424

  Majerczyk, Charlotte ^a   Brittnacher, Mitchell ^a   Jacobs, Michael ^a   Armour, Christopher D ^b   Radey, Mathew ^a   Schneider, Emily ^a   Phattarasokul, Somsak ^a   Bunt, Richard ^c   Peter Greenberg, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NuGEN   (United States)

^c MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; TRANSCRIPTOME;

ARTICLE; BURKHOLDERIA MALLEI; BURKHOLDERIA THAILANDENSIS; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE PRODUCT; GENOMIC ISLAND; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; REGULON; RNA SEQUENCE; SAPROTROPH;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BURKHOLDERIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; QUORUM SENSING; REGULON;

EID: 84895750265     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01405-13     Document Type: Article

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