Sigma E regulators control hemolytic activity and virulence in a shrimp pathogenic Vibrio harveyi

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Rattanama, Pimonsri ^a   Thompson, Janelle R ^b,c   Kongkerd, Natthawan ^a   Srinitiwarawong, Kanchana ^a   Vuddhakul, Varaporn ^a   Mekalanos, John J ^c  

^a PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^b Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOPLASM PROTEIN; HEMOLYSIN; OMPC LIKE PROTEIN; OMPN PROTEIN; PORIN; PROTEIN DEGQ; PROTEINASE; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR E; SYNTHETASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CYTR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEGQ PROTEIN, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; OMPN PROTEIN, E COLI; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN C; PRO SIGMAE PROTEIN, BACILLUS SUBTILIS; PRO-SIGMAE PROTEIN, BACILLUS SUBTILIS; SERINE PROTEINASE; SPORULATION SPECIFIC SIGMA FACTORS; SPORULATION-SPECIFIC SIGMA FACTORS;

AGAR MEDIUM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE SILENCING; HEMOLYSIS; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RPOE OPERON; RSEB GENE; SHRIMP; TRANSPOSON; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; VIBRIO HARVEYI; ANIMAL; BINDING COMPETITION; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; GENOME; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PENAEIDAE; SHEEP; VIBRIO; VIRULENCE;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); LITOPENAEUS VANNAMEI; OVIS ARIES; VIBRIO; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO HARVEYI; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENOME; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; PENAEIDAE; PORINS; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SHEEP; SIGMA FACTOR; VIBRIO; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84863413046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0032523     Document Type: Article

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