Quorum-Sensing Regulator LasR in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
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± Current Address: Department of Microbiology, University of Washington School of 21 Medicine, 1959 NE Pacific St., Room K-360, Seattle, WA 98195-7242. 22 23 ね Current address: Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, 24 219 Prospect St., Yale University, New Haven, CT 06471 25 26 * Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Molecular, Cellular and 27 Developmental Biology, 219 Prospect St., Yale University, New Haven, CT 06471. 28 Phone (203) 432-9119. E-mail: [email protected] 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Copyright © 2010, American Society for Microbiology and/or the Listed Authors/Institutions. All Rights Reserved. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. doi:10.1128/AEM.00499-10 AEM Accepts, published online ahead of print on 8 October 2010
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تاریخ انتشار 2010