LuxR- and acyl-homoserine-lactone-controlled non-lux genes define a quorum-sensing regulon in Vibrio fischeri

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 2811-2822

  Callahan, Sean M ^a,b   Dunlap, Paul V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ENZYME ACTIVATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; LUMINESCENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DECAPODIFORMES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INTRAMOLECULAR TRANSFERASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REGULON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SYMBIOSIS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIBRIO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUPRYMNA SCOLOPES; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SCOLOPES; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 0034056390     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.10.2811-2822.2000     Document Type: Article

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