Lipidation of an FlrC-dependent protein is required for enhanced intestinal colonization by Vibrio cholerae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 231-239

  Morris, David C ^a   Peng, Fen ^a   Barker, Jeffrey R ^a   Klose, Karl E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALMITIC ACID; PROTEIN FLRC; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING COMPETITION; CELL FRACTIONATION; CELL MOTILITY; FLGO GENE; FLGP GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUSION; LIPID ANALYSIS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; DNA PRIMERS; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; LIPOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OPERON; PLASMIDS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 37549059555     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00924-07     Document Type: Article

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