Regulation of quorum sensing in Vibrio harveyi by LuxO and Sigma-54

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 940-954

  Lilley, Brendan N ^a,b   Bassler, Bonnie L ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOSENSOR; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPHOSPHORYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; UNCULTURED MARINE BACTERIUM; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 0034039711     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01913.x     Document Type: Article

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