Quorum sensing contributes to natural transformation of Vibrio cholerae in a species-specific manner

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 18, 2011, Pages 4914-4924

  Suckow, Gaia ^a   Seitz, Patrick ^a   Blokesch, Melanie ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHOLERA AUTOINDUCER 1; PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COMPETENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NATURAL TRANSFORMATION; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

DNA; HUMANS; KETONES; QUORUM SENSING; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; NEGIBACTERIA; NEISSERIA GONORRHOEAE; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 80052517195     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.05396-11     Document Type: Article

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