The two-component QseBC signalling system regulates in vitro and in vivo virulence of Aeromonas hydrophila

Microbiology

Volumn 158, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 259-271

  Khajanchi, Bijay K ^a   Kozlova, Elena V ^a   Sha, Jian ^a   Popov, Vsevolod L ^a   Chopra, Ashok K ^a,b  

^a University of Texas Medical Branch School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ENTEROTOXIN; PROTEIN QSEB; PROTEIN QSEC; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEMOLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN MOTIF; QUORUM SENSING; SEPTICEMIA; STIMULUS RESPONSE; SWIMMING;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN KINASES; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84855220966     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.051805-0     Document Type: Article

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