Motility and the expression of the flagellin protein FliC are negatively regulated by quorum sensing in Edwardsiella tarda

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 108, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 314-318

  Morohoshi, Tomohiro ^a   Yokoyama, Yusuke ^a   Ouchi, Mieko ^a   Kato, Norihiro ^a   Ikeda, Tsukasa ^a  

^a UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Edwardsiella tarda; Flagellin; Motility; N acylhomoserine lactone; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

EDWARDSIELLA TARDA; FLAGELLIN; MOTILITY; N-ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; QUORUM SENSING;

BACTERIOLOGY; FISH; SENSORS;

BACTERIA;

FLAGELLIN; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE;

ARTICLE; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDWARDSIELLA TARDA; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; EDWARDSIELLA TARDA; FISH DISEASES; FISHES; FLAGELLIN; FLOUNDER; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUORUM SENSING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EDWARDSIELLA TARDA; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 69049091875     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2009.04.006     Document Type: Article

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