Microbiology: Chitin induces natural competence in vibrio cholerae

Science

Volumn 310, Issue 5755, 2005, Pages 1824-1827

  Meibom, Karin L ^a   Blokesch, Melanie ^a   Dolganov, Nadia A ^a   Wu, Cheng Yen ^a   Schoolnik, Gary K ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; CHITIN; DNA; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; PROTEINS;

GENETIC MATERIALS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER (HGT); HUMAN PATHOGEN;

GENES;

CHITIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TYPE IV PILUS ASSEMBLY COMPLEX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR KATF PROTEIN, BACTERIA;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM PILUS; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CELL DENSITY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MICROENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STRESS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; BRACHYURA; FIMBRIA; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CRUSTACEA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; BRACHYURA; CHITIN; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; REGULON; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1;

EID: 29144506940     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: 10959203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1120096     Document Type: Article

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