A model for signal transduction during quorum sensing in Vibrio harveyi

Physical Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Banik, Suman K ^a   Fenley, Andrew T ^a,b   Kulkarni, Rahul V ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DENSITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO HARVEYI; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; PHENOTYPE; VIBRIO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO HARVEYI;

LUMINESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHENOTYPE; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO;

EID: 70450285541     PISSN: 14783967     EISSN: 14783975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/6/4/046008     Document Type: Article

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