Brucella melitensis VjbR and C12-HSL regulons: Contributions of the N-dodecanoyl homoserine lactone signaling molecule and LuxR homologue VjbR to gene expression

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Weeks, Jenni N ^a,b   Galindo, Cristi L ^c   Drake, Kenneth L ^d   Adams, Garry L ^a   Garner, Harold R ^c   Ficht, Thomas A ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ST JUDE CHILDREN S RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA BIOINFORMATICS INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d Seralogix Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; AMINO ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; LIPOPROTEIN; N DODECANOYL HOMOSERINE LACTONE; PROTEINASE; TOXIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LUXR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR; LUXR AUTOINDUCER BINDING PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL CELL CULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BIOGENESIS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CELL MEMBRANE; CELL MOTILITY; DELETION MUTANT; ENERGY YIELD; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GROWTH CURVE; MACROPHAGE; MEMBRANE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOLECULE; MOUSE; MUTANT; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; UPREGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN MICROARRAY; TIME;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BRUCELLA; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS;

BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROTEIN ARRAY ANALYSIS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TIME FACTORS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77954473765     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-10-167     Document Type: Article

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