Quorum sensing in Vibrio fischeri: Elements of the luxl promoter

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1197-1204

  Egland, Kristi A ^a   Greenberg, E P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LACTONE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; RNA POLYMERASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MAPPING; LUMINESCENCE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; START CODON; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPERON; PLASMIDS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIBRIO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIUM; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 0033032594     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01261.x     Document Type: Article

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