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Regulation of virulence and antimicrobial peptide resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a ubiquitous environmental Gram-negative bacterium that is also a major opportunistic human pathogen in nosocomial infections and cystic fibrosis chronic lung infections. These P. aeruginosa infections can be extremely difficult to treat due to the high intrinsic antibiotic resistance and broad repertoire of virulence factors, both of which are highly regulated. It was demonstrated here that the psrA gene, encoding a transcriptional regulator, was up-regulated in response to sub-inhibitory concentrations of antimicrobial peptides. Compared to wild-type and the complemented mutant, a P. aeruginosa PAO1 psrA / Science, Faculty of / Microbiology and Immunology, Department of / Graduate

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:UBC/oai:circle.library.ubc.ca:2429/1014
Date11 1900
CreatorsGooderham, William James
PublisherUniversity of British Columbia
Source SetsUniversity of British Columbia
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText, Thesis/Dissertation
Format1064822 bytes, application/pdf
RightsAttribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/

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