The PhoB regulatory system modulates biofilm formation and stress response in El Tor biotype Vibrio cholerae

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 302, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 22-31

  Sultan, Syed Zafar ^a   Silva, Anisia J ^a   Benitez, Jorge A ^b  

^a MOREHOUSE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b SOUTHERN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm; PhoB; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE; GLYCOGEN PHOSPHORYLASE B; HAPR PROTEIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MUTANT PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VPSR PROTEIN; VPST PROTEIN;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; BIOTYPE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WILD TYPE;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CHOLERA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PHOSPHATES; QUORUM SENSING; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE O1;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 70949095996     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2009.01837.x     Document Type: Article

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