The major Vibrio cholerae autoinducer and its role in virulence factor production

Nature

Volumn 450, Issue 7171, 2007, Pages 883-886

  Higgins, Douglas A ^a   Pomianek, Megan E ^a   Kraml, Christina M ^a   Taylor, Ronald K ^b   Semmelhack, Martin F ^a   Bassler, Bonnie L ^a,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BIOFILM; CHOLERA; DISEASE TREATMENT; DISEASE VECTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; GENE CONTROL; ISOMER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PURIFICATION; QUORUM SENSING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 36849039449     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature06284     Document Type: Article

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