Quorum sensing regulates type III secretion in Vibrio harveyi and Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3794-3805

  Henke, Jennifer M ^a   Bassler, Bonnie L ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL COMMUNICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO HARVEYI; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIBRIO; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; UNCULTURED MARINE BACTERIUM; VIBRIO; VIBRIO HARVEYI; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 2942511341     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.12.3794-3805.2004     Document Type: Article

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