A single qrr gene is necessary and sufficient for LuxO-mediated regulation in Vibrio fischeri

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1556-1567

  Miyashiro, Tim ^a   Wollenberg, Michael S ^a   Cao, Xiaodan ^a,b   Oehlert, Dane ^a   Ruby, Edward G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLUMINESCENCE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE NUMBER; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; LITR GENE; LUXO GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; QRR GENE; QUORUM SENSING; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DECAPODIFORMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; LUMINESCENCE; PHYLOGENY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO; VIBRIO FISCHERI; VIBRIONACEAE;

EID: 77956627960     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07309.x     Document Type: Article

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