Quorum sensing controls the pseudomonas aeruginosa CRISPR-Cas adaptive immune system

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 114, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 131-135

  Høyland Kroghsbo, Nina M ^a   Paczkowski, Jon ^a   Mukherjee, Sampriti ^a   Broniewski, Jenny ^b   Westra, Edze ^b   Bondy Denomy, Joseph ^c   Bassler, Bonnie L ^a,d  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunity|; Phage|phage defense; Quorum sensing|crispr|

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BAICALEIN; CAS3 PROTEIN; CRISPR ASSOCIATED PROTEIN; N (3 OXODODECANOYL)HOMOSERINE LACTONE; NUCLEASE; PLASMID DNA; PYOCYANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADAPTIVE IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; INFECTION RISK; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHAGE THERAPY; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; VIROLOGY;

CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEATS; CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; PHAGE THERAPY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; QUORUM SENSING;

EID: 85007529875     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1617415113     Document Type: Article

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