Two-component response regulators of Vibrio fischeri: Identification, mutagenesis, and characterization

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 5825-5838

  Hussa, Elizabeth A ^a   O'Shea, Therese M ^a   Darnell, Cynthia L ^a   Ruby, Edward G ^b   Visick, Karen L ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN REGULATOR; PROTEIN NARL; PROTEIN NTRC; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REGULATOR GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SQUID; SYMBIOSIS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MUTAGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CEPHALOPODA; EUKARYOTA; EUPRYMNA; PROKARYOTA; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 34547761301     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00242-07     Document Type: Article

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