The marine pathogen Vibrio vulnificus encodes a putative homologue of the Vibrio harveyi regulatory gene, luxR: A genetic and phylogenetic comparison

Gene

Volumn 248, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 213-221

  McDougald, Diane ^a   Rice, Scott A ^a   Kjelleberg, Staffan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Molecular evolution; Quorum sensing; Signaling genes; Transcriptional regulator; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO HARVEYI; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PHYLOGENY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEAWATER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIBRIO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO HARVEYI; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 0034595236     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(00)00117-7     Document Type: Article

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