Indole acts as an extracellular cue regulating gene expression in Vibrio cholerae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3504-3516

  Mueller, Ryan S ^a   Beyhan, Sinem ^b   Saini, Simran G ^a   Yildiz, Fitnat H ^b   Bartlett, Douglas H ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; INDOLE; IRON; REGULATOR PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; TRYPTOPHANASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; ION TRANSPORT; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTOZOON; TRANSPOSON; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

PROTOZOA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; INDOLES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRYPTOPHANASE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 66149128846     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01240-08     Document Type: Article

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