FlrA, a σ54-dependent transcriptional activator in Vibrio fischeri, is required for motility and symbiotic light-organ colonization

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3547-3557

  Millikan, Deborah S ^a   Ruby, Edward G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN FLRA; RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASE; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR RPON; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLAGELLUM; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN MOTIF; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULON; SQUID; SWIMMING; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO FISCHERI; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENE; CEPHALOPOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); MUTATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; VIBRIO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CEPHALOPODA; EUPRYMNA SCOLOPES; HAWAIIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIUM; SCOLOPES; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO FISCHERI; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DECAPODIFORMES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; FLAGELLA; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; LIGHT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULON; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGMA FACTOR; SYMBIOSIS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIBRIO;

EID: 0037610101     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.12.3547-3557.2003     Document Type: Article

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