Quorum sensing controls biofilm formation in Vibrio cholerae

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 101-104

  Hammer, Brian K ^a   Bassler, Bonnie L ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGICAL NICHE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HABITAT STRUCTURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0141707658     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03688.x     Document Type: Article

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