Transcriptome analysis of the Vibrio fischeri LuxR-LuxI regulon

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 8387-8391

  Antunes, Luis Caetano M ^a,b   Schaefer, Amy L ^b   Ferreira, Rosana B R ^a,b   Qin, Nan ^c   Stevens, Ann M ^c   Ruby, Edward G ^d   Greenberg, E Peter ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN LUXI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LUXR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LUMINESCENCE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; QUORUM SENSING; REGULON; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 36549077033     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00736-07     Document Type: Article

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