Lysine decarboxylase expression by Vibrio vulnificus is induced by SoxR in response to superoxide stress

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 24, 2006, Pages 8586-8592

  Kim, Ju Sim ^a,c   Choi, Sang Ho ^b   Lee, Jeong K ^a  

^a Sogang University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIPORTER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CADAVERINE; CADC PROTEIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL ACETYLTRANSFERASE; COPPER ZINC SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; LYSINE; LYSINE DECARBOXYLASE; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CADBA GENE; CADC GENE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROENTERITIS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SODA GENE; SOXR GENE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CADAVERINE; CARBOXY-LYASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SUPEROXIDES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 33845387690     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01084-06     Document Type: Article

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