AinS quorum sensing regulates the Vibrio fischeri acetate switch

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 17, 2008, Pages 5915-5923

  Studer, Sarah V ^a   Mandel, Mark J ^a   Ruby, Edward G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; ACETYL COENZYME A SYNTHETASE; GLYCEROL;

ACS GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SQUID; SYMBIOSIS; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WILD TYPE;

ACETATE-COA LIGASE; ACETATES; ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DECAPODIFORMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; QUORUM SENSING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

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

EID: 50249113204     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00148-08     Document Type: Article

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