Stationary phase-specific virulence factor overproduction by a lasR mutant of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Cabeen, Matthew T ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PYOCYANINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LASR PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; RSAL PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL MUTANT; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH INHIBITION; LASR MUTANT CELL; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRESSOR GENE; WILD TYPE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; QUORUM SENSING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PYOCYANINE; QUORUM SENSING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84895756741     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0088743     Document Type: Article

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