SdiA, an N-acylhomoserine lactone receptor, becomes active during the transit of Salmonella enterica through the gastrointestinal tract of turtles

PLoS ONE

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2008, Pages

  Smith, Jenee N ^a   Dyszel, Jessica L ^a   Soares, Jitesh A ^a   Ellermeier, Craig D ^b,f   Altier, Craig ^c,g   Lawhon, Sara D ^d   Adams, L Garry ^d   Konjufca, Vjollca ^e,h   Curtiss III, Roy ^e,i   Slauch, James M ^b   Ahmer, Brian M M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^g Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^h ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

ⁱ WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE RECEPTOR; PROTEIN SDIA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LUXR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LACTONE; SDIA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CHICKEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRANSIT; GUINEA PIG; INTESTINE FLORA; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RABBIT; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE; TURTLE; WILD TYPE; AEROMONAS; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CATTLE; CBA MOUSE; CHEMISTRY; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAVIA; ESCHERICHIA; GALLUS GALLUS; MUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SUIDAE; TESTUDINES;

AEROMONAS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CATTLE; CHICKENS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GUINEA PIGS; LACTONES; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RABBITS; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TURTLES;

EID: 50949115081     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0002826     Document Type: Article

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