Vibrio parahaemolyticus scrABC, a novel operon affecting swarming and capsular polysaccharide regulation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 21, 2002, Pages 5946-5954

  Boles, Blaise R ^a   McCarter, Linda L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; POLYSACCHARIDE; PYRIDOXAL 5 PHOSPHATE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL FRACTIONATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LIQUID CULTURE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSLATION REGULATION; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-FRUCTOFURANOSIDASE; CARBOXYPEPTIDASES; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GLYCOSIDE HYDROLASES; LAC OPERON; OPERON; PHOSPHOENOLPYRUVATE SUGAR PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE SYSTEM; TRANSAMINASES; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 0036837981     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.21.5946-5954.2002     Document Type: Article

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