Vibrio fischeri lux genes play an important role in colonization and development of the host light organ

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 4578-4586

  Visick, Karen L ^a,c   Foster, Jamie ^a   Doino, Judith ^b   McFall Ngai, Margaret ^a   Ruby, Edward G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL INTERACTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; ORGANOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DECAPODIFORMES; ELECTRIC ORGAN; EPITHELIAL CELLS; LUCIFERASES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MUTAGENESIS; OPERON; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SYMBIOSIS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIBRIO;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CEPHALOPODA; EUPRYMNA SCOLOPES; NEGIBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIUM; PROKARYOTA; SCOLOPES; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 0033907236     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.16.4578-4586.2000     Document Type: Article

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