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

Year: 2026

Type: article

Abstract: 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.

Source: Microbiology

DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.001788

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

Institutions: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Biomédicas, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Language: English

Topic: Bacterial biofilms and quorum sensing

Subfield: Molecular Biology

Field: Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: diamond

Funder: Dirección General de Asuntos del Personal Académico, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Award: G321180913

OpenAlex ID: W7224102464

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