Expression of the bviIR and cepIR quorum-sensing systems of Burkholderia vietnamiensis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 3006-3016

  Malott, Rebecca J ^a   Sokol, Pamela A ^a  

^a Health Sciences Centre Calgary   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; PROTEIN BVIR; PROTEIN CEPR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUTOREGULATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA VIETNAMIENSIS; BVIR GENE; CEPIR GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUORUM SENSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LIGASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATORY ELEMENTS, TRANSCRIPTIONAL; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; BURKHOLDERIA VIETNAMIENSIS;

EID: 34247886020     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01544-06     Document Type: Article

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