Quorum sensing-dependent regulation and blockade of exoprotease production in Aeromonas hydrophila

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 5192-5199

  Swift, Simon ^a   Lynch, Martin J ^a   Fish, Leigh ^a   Kirke, David F ^a   Tomás, Juan M ^b   Stewart, Gordon S A B ^a   Williams, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METALLOPROTEINASE; PEPTIDASE; SERINE PROTEINASE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INHIBITION; GENE INACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA;

EID: 0032857064     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/iai.67.10.5192-5199.1999     Document Type: Article

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