Control of bioluminescence in Vibrio fischeri by the LuxO signal response regulator

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 594-607

  Miyamoto, Carol M ^a   Lin, Yi Hsing ^a   Meighen, Edward A ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL RESPONSE MODIFIER;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE ISOLATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHOSPHOPROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO;

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

EID: 0034061824     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01875.x     Document Type: Article

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