ScrG, a GGDEF-EAL protein, participates in regulating swarming and sticking in Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 4094-4107

  Kim, Yun Kyeong ^a   McCarter, Linda L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYCLIC GMP; FLAGELLIN; GLUTAMYLALANYLLEUCINE; GLYCYLGLYCYLASPARTYLPHENYLALANINE; PHOSPHORUS 32; PROTEIN SCRG; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOFILM; CPS GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; ISOTOPE LABELING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SCRABC GENE; SCRG DELTA EAL GENE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; BIOFILMS; CYCLIC GMP; FLAGELLA; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 34249816800     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01510-06     Document Type: Article

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