The opportunistic human pathogen Acinetobacter baumannii senses and responds to light

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 24, 2010, Pages 6336-6345

  Mussi, María A ^a,b   Gaddy, Jennifer A ^a   Cabruja, Matías ^b   Arivett, Brock A ^a   Viale, Alejandro M ^b   Rasia, Rodolfo ^b   Actis, Luis A ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN BLUF; RECOMBINANT PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; BLUE LIGHT; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL MOTILITY; COCULTURE; DARKNESS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; ILLUMINATION; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHOTORECEPTOR; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHOTOTROPHIC BACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; COLOR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LIGHT; PHOTORECEPTORS, MICROBIAL; PHOTOTROPISM; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; TEMPERATURE;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 78649646279     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00917-10     Document Type: Article

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