A Novel Signal Transduction Pathway that Modulates rhl Quorum Sensing and Bacterial Virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2014, Pages

  Cao, Qiao ^a,b   Wang, Yue ^b,c   Chen, Feifei ^b   Xia, Yongjie ^b   Lou, Jingyu ^b   Zhang, Xue ^b   Yang, Nana ^b   Sun, Xiaoxu ^b   Zhang, Qin ^d   Zhuo, Chao ^d   Huang, Xi ^a   Deng, Xin ^e   Yang, Cai Guang ^b   Ye, Yan ^f   Zhao, Jing ^c   Wu, Min ^f   Lan, Lefu ^b  

^a HAINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d GUANGZHOU MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NORTH DAKOTA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; C57BL MOUSE; DNA MICROARRAY; FEMALE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; QUORUM SENSING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE; WESTERN BLOTTING;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; QUORUM SENSING; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84928428653     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1004340     Document Type: Article

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