The putative hybrid sensor kinase SypF coordinates biofilm formation in Vibrio fischeri by acting upstream of two response regulators, SypG and VpsR

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 4941-4950

  Darnell, Cynthia L ^a   Hussa, Elizabeth A ^a   Visick, Karen L ^a,b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; KANAMYCIN; PROTEIN KINASE; SENSOR KINASE RSCS; SENSOR KINASE SYPF; TETRACYCLINE; VPSR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MARINE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUID; SYMBIOSIS; SYP GENE; VIBRIO FISCHERI; VPSR GENE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DECAPODIFORMES; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN KINASES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CEPHALOPODA; EUPRYMNA SCOLOPES; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 47249108614     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00197-08     Document Type: Article

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