Regulation of fatty acid metabolism by FadR is essential for Vibrio vulnificus to cause infection of mice

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 190, Issue 23, 2008, Pages 7633-7644

  Brown, Roslyn N ^a   Gulig, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CERULENIN; FATTY ACID; IRON DEXTRAN; OLEIC ACID;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID METABOLISM; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; HEPATITIS; IN VITRO STUDY; LIPID MEMBRANE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN INFECTION; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; FATTY ACIDS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IRON-DEXTRAN COMPLEX; LIVER DISEASES; MICE; MICE, INBRED ICR; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MAMMALIA; MUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 57349171353     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01016-08     Document Type: Article

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