Glucose stimulates alginate production and algD transcription in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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High osmolarity is a signal for enhanced algD transcription in mucoid and nonmucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains.
Chronic lung infection with mucoid, alginate-producing strains of Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a major cause of mortality in cystic fibrosis (CF) patients. Transcriptional activation of the P. aeruginosa algD gene, which encodes GDPmannose dehydrogenase, is essential for alginate synthesis. Activation of algD is dependent on the product of the algR gene. Sequence homology between the P. aeruginosa...
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عنوان ژورنال: FEMS Microbiology Letters
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0378-1097
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.1997.tb10291.x