A constitutively active variant of the quorum-sensing regulator luxO affects protease production and biofilm formation in Vibrio cholerae

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 2571-2576

  Vance, Russell E ^a   Zhu, Jun ^a   Mekalanos, John J ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CASEIN; HEMAGGLUTININ; LUXO PROTEIN; PROTEINASE; STREPTOMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CHOLERA; ENZYME ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; LUMINESCENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0037407850     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.71.5.2571-2576.2003     Document Type: Article

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