The Lon protease is essential for full virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

The Lon protease is essential for full virulence in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.

Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 lon mutants are supersusceptible to ciprofloxacin, and exhibit a defect in cell division and in virulence-related properties, such as swarming, twitching and biofilm formation, despite the fact that the Lon protease is not a traditional regulator. Here we set out to inves...

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Main Authors: Elena B M Breidenstein, Laure Janot, Janine Strehmel, Lucia Fernandez, Patrick K Taylor, Irena Kukavica-Ibrulj, Shaan L Gellatly, Roger C Levesque, Joerg Overhage, Robert E W Hancock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3492299?pdf=render

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