Transcriptional regulation of opaR, qrr2-4 and aphA by the master quorum-sensing regulator opaR in vibrio parahaemolyticus

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Zhang, Yiquan ^a   Qiu, Yefeng ^a   Tan, Yafang ^a   Guo, Zhaobiao ^a   Yang, Ruifu ^a   Zhou, Dongsheng ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; OPAR PROTEIN, VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

APHA GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE CONSTRUCT; GENE MAPPING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC CONSERVATION; LUXR GENE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; OPAR GENE; PROMOTER REGION; QRR2 4 GENE; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATOR GENE; RIBOSOME; SMCR GENE; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VALR GENE; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS; VIBRIO HARVEYI; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; REGULATORY SEQUENCE;

INVERTEBRATA; PISCES; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 84859581044     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0034622     Document Type: Article

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