The virulence transcriptional activator aphA enhances biofilm formation by Vibrio cholerae by activating expression of the biofilm regulator VpsT

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 697-703

  Yang, Menghua ^a   Frey, Erin M ^a   Liu, Zhi ^a   Bishar, Rima ^a   Zhu, Jun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLERA TOXIN; GENE PRODUCT; TOXIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR APHA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR VPST; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; FUSION GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENE SYNTHESIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SCREENING; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 76749127600     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00429-09     Document Type: Article

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