Shedding light on bioluminescence regulation in Vibrio fischeri

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 84, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 795-806

  Miyashiro, Tim ^a   Ruby, Edward G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AINR PROTEIN; AINS PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CYCLIC AMP; CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; LITR PROTEIN; LUXP PROTEIN; LUXQ PROTEIN; N 3 OXOHEXANOYL HOMOSERINE LACTONE; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; SMALL REGULATORY RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCA GENE; ARCB GENE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL INTERACTION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE STRUCTURE; IMMUNE RESPONSE; LUXL GENE; LUXR GENE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; ANIMALS; DECAPODIFORMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LUMINESCENCE; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CEPHALOPODA; EUPRYMNA SCOLOPES; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 84861348717     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08065.x     Document Type: Review

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