GeneChip expression analysis of the VqsR regulon of Pseudomonas aeruginosa TB

FEMS Microbiol Lett. 2005 Jan 15;242(2):287-95. doi: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.11.020.

Abstract

Two interlinked quorum sensing circuits, las and rhl, which control pathogenesis of Pseudomonas aeruginosa are further modulated by numerous regulators, including VqsR (virulence and quorum sensing regulator). High-density oligonucleotide microarrays were used to compare the global expression profile of a wild-type and VqsR mutant in ABC minimal medium. The expression of a large group of metabolic genes, ECF sigma factors as well as of many quorum-sensing genes previously not assigned to VqsR-regulon was found to be affected by the disruption of vqsR.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Culture Media
  • Gene Expression Profiling
  • Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial*
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis*
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / genetics*
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / physiology
  • Regulon / genetics
  • Sigma Factor / physiology
  • Virulence / genetics

Substances

  • Culture Media
  • Sigma Factor