DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.001788 ISSN: 1350-0872

A novel promoter driving the expression of the quorum-sensing PqsE protein shows substantial differences in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Pseudomonas paraeruginosa

Luis Fernando Montelongo-Martínez, Sara E. Quiroz-Morales, Miguel Cocotl-Yañez, Gloria Soberón-Chávez

Graphical Abstract

A pqsE proximal promoter is conserved in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and in Pseudomonas paraeruginosa . It is repressed by the CRP global transcriptional regulator Vfr only in P. aeruginosa strains.

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