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SUBMITTER: Zhang Y
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5770612 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Zhang Yani Y Qin Jing J Tan Boren B Kong Weina W Chen Gukui G Zhang Chao C Liang Haihua H
Frontiers in microbiology 20171207
<i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> is becoming an increasingly prevalent pathogen, capable of causing numerous life threatening infections in immunocompromised patients. The three hierarchically arranged quorum sensing (QS) systems, namely <i>las, rhl</i>, and <i>pqs</i> play key roles in coordinating virulence expression in <i>P. aeruginosa</i>. However, the regulatory mechanisms of the <i>pqs</i> system have not been fully elucidated. To identify new genes involved in synthesis of the <i>Pseudomona ...[more]