Regulation system for protease production in Vibrio vulnificus

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 240, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 55-59

  Kawase, Tomoka ^a   Miyoshi, Shin Ichi ^a   Sultan, Zafar ^a   Shinoda, Sumio ^a  

^a OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoinducer; Metalloprotease; Vibrio vulnificus

Indexed keywords

FERRIC CHLORIDE; FERRIC ION; METALLOPROTEINASE; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME INDUCTION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; HUMAN; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SERUM; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORIC ACIDS; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; CULTURE MEDIA; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; METALLOENDOPEPTIDASES; TEMPERATURE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

LURIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 7044274649     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.09.023     Document Type: Article

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