Molecular analysis of rugosity in a Vibrio cholerae O1 El Tor phase variant

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 497-515

  Yildiz, Fitnat H ^a   Liu, Xiaole S ^b   Heydorn, Arne ^c   Schoolnik, Gary K ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOVEMENT; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; REGULON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1;

NEGIBACTERIA; TOR; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 3242884444     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04154.x     Document Type: Article

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