The cyclic AMP receptor protein modulates quorum sensing, motility and multiple genes that affect intestinal colonization in Vibrio cholerae

Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2964-2975

  Liang, Weili ^a   Pascual Montano, Alberto ^b   Silva, Anisia J ^a   Benitez, Jorge A ^a  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHOLERA AUTOINDUCER 1; CHOLERA TOXIN; CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN HAPR; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL KINETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; INTESTINE FLORA; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INTESTINE, SMALL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; QUORUM SENSING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 34948829648     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/006668-0     Document Type: Article

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