Quorum sensing gene regulation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is an opportunistic human pathogen that infects immunocompromised individuals such as those suffering from burns or the genetic disorder cystic fibrosis. This organism utilizes a cell-cell communication mechanism known as quorum sensing (QS) to coordinate virulence gene expres...

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Main Author: Gupta, Rashmi
Other Authors: Schuster, Martin
Language:en_US
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1957/29021