Vibrio fischeri uses two quorum-sensing systems for the regulation of early and late colonization factors

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 3620-3629

  Lupp, Claudia ^a,c   Ruby, Edward G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTONE; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR AINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LITR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LUXI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LUXO; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIN GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CELL DENSITY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; LUMINESCENCE; LUX GENE; MONITORING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SQUID; SYMBIOSIS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

ANIMALS; DECAPODIFORMES; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

CEPHALOPODA; EUPRYMNA SCOLOPES; SCOLOPES; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 18944371667     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.11.3620-3629.2005     Document Type: Article

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