Mutations in the lux operon of natural dark mutants in the genus vibrio

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 61-66

  O'Grady, Elizabeth A ^a   Wimpee, Charles F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOLUMINESCENCE;

DARK MUTANTS; GENUS VIBRIO; LUX OPERON;

GENES;

PALINDROMIC DNA;

BIOASSAY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOLUMINESCENCE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENOTYPE; LUX GENE; LUXA GENE; LUXC GENE; LUXE GENE; LUXH GENE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MUTATOR GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOP CODON; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; VIBRIO; VIBRIO STRAIN BCB451; VIBRIO STRAIN BCB494;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; LUMINESCENCE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTANT PROTEINS; OPERON; POINT MUTATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SEQUENCE DELETION; VIBRIO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO;

EID: 37849032697     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01199-07     Document Type: Article

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