Molecular diversification in the quorum-sensing system of Vibrio cholerae: Role of natural selection in the emergence of pandemic strains

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 75, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 3808-3812

  Talyzina, Nina M ^a   Ingvarsson, Pär K ^a   Zhu, Jun ^b   Wai, Sun N ^a   Andersson, Agneta ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HAPLOTYPES; NATURAL SELECTION; PANDEMIC STRAINS; QUORUM-SENSING SYSTEMS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

SENSORS;

BACTERIAL DISEASE; BACTERIUM; CHOLERA; EMERGENCE; NATURAL SELECTION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HAPLOTYPE; HAPR GENE; HAPR1 GENE; HAPR2 GENE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NATURAL SELECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANDEMIC; PHYLOGENY; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATOR GENE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEROTYPE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CHOLERA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; QUORUM SENSING; SELECTION (GENETICS); SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIBRIO CHOLERAE NON-O1; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O139;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 66249125662     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02496-08     Document Type: Article

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