The virulence activator AphA links quorum sensing to pathogenesis and physiology in Vibrio cholerae by repressing the expression of a penicillin amidase gene on the small chromosome

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 4825-4836

  Kovacikova, Gabriela ^a   Lin, Wei ^a   Skorupski, Karen ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOSINE; GUANINE; PENICILLIN AMIDASE; PHENYL GROUP; PROTEIN APHA; PROTEIN APHB; PROTEIN TCPPH; THYMIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACETYLATION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BASE PAIRING; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENICITY; PENICILLIN V AMIDASE GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

AMINOHYDROLASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PENICILLIN AMIDASE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LETHRINIDAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POTATO VIRUS A; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0042060982     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.16.4825-4836.2003     Document Type: Article

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