A novel lux operon in the cryptically bioluminescent fish pathogen Vibrio salmonicida is associated with virulence

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1825-1833

  Nelson, Eric J ^a   Tunsjø, Hege S ^b   Fidopiastis, Pat M ^c   Sørum, Henning ^b   Ruby, Edward G ^d  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOLUMINESCENCE; ENZYMES; MARINE BIOLOGY; PATHOGENS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

GENE CLUSTERS; LUCIFERASES; PATHOGENESIS; VIRULENCES;

GENES;

ALDEHYDE; LUCIFERASE;

BACTERIUM; BIOLUMINESCENCE; GENOMICS; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; LUXA GENE; LUXB GENE; LUXC GENE; LUXD GENE; LUXE GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUORUM SENSING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SALMON; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRUCTURAL GENE; VIBRIO SALMONICIDA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; FISH DISEASES; GADUS MORHUA; LUCIFERASES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPERON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, ANTISENSE; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO SALMONICIDA; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SALMO SALAR; VIBRIO; VIBRIO SALMONICIDA;

EID: 33947356242     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02255-06     Document Type: Article

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