Links between Anr and quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 197, Issue 17, 2015, Pages 2810-2820

  Hammond, John H ^a   Dolben, Emily F ^a   Smith, T Jarrod ^a   Bhuju, Sabin ^a   Hogan, Deborah A ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUND; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR ANR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANR PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; IRON; LASR PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; OXYGEN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CATABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENITRIFICATION; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPLETION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TYPE VI SECRETION SYSTEM; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IRON; MUTATION; OXYGEN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUINOLONES; QUORUM SENSING; RNA, BACTERIAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, RNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84938824620     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00182-15     Document Type: Article

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