Detection and mutation of a luxS-encoded autoinducer in Proteus mirabilis

Microbiology

Volumn 148, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 773-782

  Schneider, Rachel ^a   Lockatell, C Virginia ^a   Johnson, David ^a   Belas, Robert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

LuxS; Quorum sensing; Swarming; Urinary tract infection; Virulence

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AGAR MEDIUM; ALLELE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MIRABILIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS;

EID: 0036129885     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00221287-148-3-773     Document Type: Article

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