RpoS induces expression of the Vibrio anguillarum quorum-sensing regulator VanT

Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 767-780

  Weber, Barbara ^a   Croxatto, Antony ^a,b   Chen, Chang ^a,c   Milton, Debra L ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^c SOUTH CHINA SEA INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; MESSENGER RNA; METALLOPROTEINASE; PROTEIN HFQ; PROTEIN VANO; PROTEIN VANT; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; TRANSFER RNA; HOST FACTOR 1; PIGMENT; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR KATF PROTEIN, BACTERIA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; LISTONELLA ANGUILLARUM; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUORUM SENSING; STRESS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WESTERN BLOTTING; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; VIBRIO;

LISTONELLA ANGUILLARUM; VIBRIO; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BLOTTING, WESTERN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOST FACTOR 1 PROTEIN; METALLOPROTEASES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PIGMENTS, BIOLOGICAL; QUORUM SENSING; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; VIBRIO;

EID: 42949175292     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/014167-0     Document Type: Article

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