An evolving perspective on the Pseudomonas aeruginosa orphan quorum sensing regulator QscR

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue OCT, 2014, Pages

  Chugani, Sudha ^a   Greenberg, Everett P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Acylhomoserine lactone; Bacterial communication; Cell cell signaling; Gene activation; Sociomicrobiology

Indexed keywords

N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LUXR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE DERIVATIVE; LUXI PROTEIN, BACTERIA; LUXR AUTOINDUCER BINDING PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; QSCR PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANISOTROPY; CROSS LINKING; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA PURIFICATION; GEL FILTRATION; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; OVERLAPPING GENE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; QUORUM SENSING REGULATOR GENE; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84964312894     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2014.00152     Document Type: Review

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