Regulation of the Vibrio vulnificus hupA gene by temperature alteration and cyclic AMP receptor protein and evaluation of its role in virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 1208-1215

  Oh, Man Hwan ^a   Lee, Sung Min ^a,c   Lee, Dong Hwan ^a   Choi, Sang Ho ^a,b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Food and Drug Administration   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; IRON; CARRIER PROTEIN; CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; HUPA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOTOXICITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH RATE; HUPA GENE; INCUBATION TIME; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIRUS VIRULENCE; CELL LINE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CYCLIC AMP RECEPTOR PROTEIN; DNA FOOTPRINTING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IRON; MUTATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 62449186797     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01006-08     Document Type: Article

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