Molecular characterization of autoinduction of bioluminescence in the Microtox® indicator strain Vibrio fischeri ATCC 49387

Canadian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 549-557

  Perry, Lynda L ^a   Bright, Nathan G ^a   Carroll Jr , Richard J ^a   Scott, M Cathy ^b   Allen, Michael S ^b,c   Applegate, Bruce M ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^c OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioluminescence; Quorum sensing; Vibrio fischeri

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CLONING; DATA REDUCTION; ENZYMES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; STRAIN;

AUTOINDUCTION; POLYMORPHISM; QUORUM SENSING; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUTAMINE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; OCTANOYL HOMOSERINE LACTONE; PROTEIN LUXI; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOLUMINESCENCE;

AINS GENE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL DENSITY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; LUXI GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REPORTER GENE; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LUMINESCENCE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 28344435489     PISSN: 00084166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/w05-019     Document Type: Article

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