Role of luxS in Bacillus anthracis growth and virulence factor expression

Virulence

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 72-83

  Jones, Marcus B ^a,b   Peterson, Scott N ^a   Benn, Rosslyn ^a   Braisted, John C ^a   Jarrahi, Behnam ^a   Shatzkes, Kenneth ^a   Ren, Dacheng ^c   Wood, Thomas K ^d   Blaser, Martin J ^b  

^a J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Furanone; luxS; Microarray; Quorum sensing; Virulence

Indexed keywords

S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTHRAX; ARTICLE; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DENSITY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUORUM SENSING; VIRULENCE; WILD TYPE;

BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 77954923563     PISSN: 21505594     EISSN: 21505608     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/viru.1.2.10752     Document Type: Article

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