A genetic analysis of the function of LuxO, a two-component response regulator involved in quorum sensing in Vibrio harveyi

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 665-677

  Freeman, Jeremy A ^a   Bassler, Bonnie L ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL DENSITY; CHROMOSOME; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC REGULATION; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; DIPLOIDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES; PROTEIN KINASES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO;

EID: 0032927738     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01208.x     Document Type: Article

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