A novel regulatory protein involved in motility of Vibrio cholerae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 22, 2009, Pages 7027-7038

  Moisi, Manuel ^a   Jenul, Christian ^a   Butler, Susan M ^b,d   New, Aaron ^b,e   Tutz, Sarah ^a   Reidl, Joachim ^a   Klose, Karl E ^c   Camilli, Andrew ^b   Schild, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLAGELLAR REGULATORY PROTEIN D; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, NEWBORN; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; IMMUNOBLOTTING; INTESTINES; MICE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 70350464919     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00948-09     Document Type: Article

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