Litr of Vibrio salmonicida is a salinity-sensitive quorum-sensing regulator of phenotypes involved in host interactions and virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1681-1689

  Bjelland, Ane Mohn ^a   Sørum, Henning ^a   Tegegne, Daget Ayana ^b   Winther Larsen, Hanne C ^a,c   Willassen, Nils Peder ^b   Hansen, Hilde ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LITR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; GENETIC CODE; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SALINITY; SALMON; VIBRIO FISCHERI; VIBRIO SALMONICIDA;

ALIIVIBRIO SALMONICIDA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CELL AGGREGATION; FISH DISEASES; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; LUMINESCENCE; MOVEMENT; MUTATION; PHYLOGENY; QUORUM SENSING; SALINITY; SALMO SALAR; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84861136154     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.06038-11     Document Type: Article

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