Three new regulators of swarming in Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 2625-2635

  Jaques, Sandford ^a   McCarter, Linda L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; LAF GENE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELL TYPE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPAR GENE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPRESSOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SWARMING; SWRT GENE; SWRZ GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON; MUTAGENESIS; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO HARVEYI; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 33645214426     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.7.2625-2635.2006     Document Type: Article

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