Two different rpf clusters distributed among a population of Stenotrophomonas maltophilia clinical strains display differential diffusible signal factor production and virulence regulation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 196, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 2431-2442

  Huedo, Pol ^a   Yero, Daniel ^a   Martínez Servat, Sònia ^a   Estibariz, Iratxe ^a   Planell, Raquel ^a   Martínez, Paula ^a   Ruyra, Àngels ^a   Roher, Nerea ^a   Roca, Ignasi ^b   Vila, Jordi ^b   Daura, Xavier ^a,c   Gibert, Isidre ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c INSTITUCIÓ CATALANA DE RECERCA I ESTUDIS AVANÇATS ICREA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; RPFC 1 PROTEIN; RPFC 2 PROTEIN; RPFF 1 PROTEIN; RPFF 2 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; ZEBRA FISH;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYTOKINES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84902001329     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01540-14     Document Type: Article

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