Quantitative effect of luxS gene inactivation on the fitness of Helicobacter pylori

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 6615-6622

  Lee, Woo Kon ^a,d   Ogura, Keiji ^a,e   Loh, John T ^b   Cover, Timothy L ^b,c   Berg, Douglas E ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Gyeongsang National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; ECOSYSTEMS; ENZYME KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METABOLITES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

HELICOBACTER PYLORI; POLYPHOSPHATE KINASE 1; S-ADENOSYL METHIONINE (SAM);

GENES;

ACETYLACETONE; AGAR; AUTOINDUCER 2; FURANONE DERIVATIVE; METHYL GROUP; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; SOFT AGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLITE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; LUXS GENE; METABOLITE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STOMACH; SYNTHESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE SILENCING; HELICOBACTER INFECTIONS; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOMOSERINE; LACTONES; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, INBRED C57BL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); HELICOBACTER PYLORI;

EID: 33750075754     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01291-06     Document Type: Article

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