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Contribution of the regulatory gene lasR to the pathogenesis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infection of burned mice.
The Journal of burn care & rehabilitation - 1 Jan 2000
Rumbaugh K P, Griswold J A, Hamood A N
Abstract excerpt
Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a gram-negative opportunistic pathogen that causes severe infections in patients with burns. The P aeruginosa regulatory gene, lasR, regulates the expression of several virulence factors. The specific lasR isogenic mutant, PAO-R1, is defective in the synthesis of the 2 elastases (LasB and LasA) and produces low levels of exotoxin A and alkaline proteases. In this study, we used a burned...
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