Quorum sensing Escherichia coli regulators B and C (QseBC): A novel two-component regulatory system involved in the regulation of flagella and motility by quorum sensing in E. coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 809-821

  Sperandio, Vanessa ^a,b   Torres, Alfredo G ^a   Kaper, James B ^a  

^a University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; FLAGELLIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; PROTEIN AI 2; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA RESPONSIVE ELEMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; FLAGELLUM; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE FUSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SECRETION; QSEB GENE; QSEC GENE; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SENSOR; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULON; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 0036274158     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.02803.x     Document Type: Article

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