Browsing Microbiology and Immunology by Author "Silo-Suh, Laura"
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Adaptations of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to the Cystic Fibrosis Lung Environment Can Include Deregulation of zwf, Encoding Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase
Silo-Suh, Laura; Suh, Sang-Jin; Phibbs, Paul V.; Ohman, Dennis E. (East Carolina University, 2005-11)Cystic fibrosis (CF) patients are highly susceptible to chronic pulmonary disease caused by mucoid Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains that overproduce the exopolysaccharide alginate. We showed here that a mutation in zwf, ...