OpaR, a homolog of Vibrio harveyi LuxR, controls opacity of Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 3166-3173

  McCarter, Linda L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ISOPROPYL THIOGALACTOSIDE; REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MAPPING; LUMINESCENCE; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO HARVEYI; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; VIBRIO HARVEYI; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 0031750819     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.12.3166-3173.1998     Document Type: Article

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