Regulation of the Edwardsiella tarda hemolysin gene and luxS by EthR

Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 765-773

  Wang, Fang ^a,b,c   Zhang, Min ^a,b   Hu, Yong Hua ^a,b   Zhang, Wei Wei ^a,b   Sun, Li ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEANOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c YELLOW SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Edwardsiella tarda; Hemolysin; luxS; RNAi; Virulence

Indexed keywords

AUTOINDUCER TYPE 2; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; HEMOLYSIN; IRON; PROTEIN ETHR; REGULATOR PROTEIN; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDWARDSIELLA TARDA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; FLOUNDER; GENE CONTROL; GENE REPRESSION; HEMOLYSIS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROMOTER REGION; QUORUM SENSING; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; EDWARDSIELLA TARDA; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FLOUNDER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EDWARDSIELLA TARDA;

EID: 70849110443     PISSN: 10177825     EISSN: 17388872     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4014/jmb.0810.574     Document Type: Article

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