Bright mutants of Vibrio fischeri ES114 reveal conditions and regulators that control bioluminescence and expression of the lux operon

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 19, 2010, Pages 5103-5114

  Lyell, Noreen L ^a   Dunn, Anne K ^a,b   Bose, Jeffrey L ^a   Stabb, Eric V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MAGNESIUM; TRANSFER RNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GUANINE; PHOB PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PHOQ PROTEIN, BACTERIA; PHOSPHATE;

ACNB GENE; ARCA GENE; ARCB GENE; ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GUAB GENE; LUX OPERON; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PHOQ GENE; PHOSPHATE TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TFOY GENE; TOPA GENE; UPREGULATION; VIBRIO FISCHERI; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; LUMINESCENCE; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

ARCA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUPRYMNA SCOLOPES; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GUANINE; LUMINESCENCE; MAGNESIUM; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; OPERON; PHOSPHATES; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 77957369605     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00524-10     Document Type: Article

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