Impact of QseBC system in c-di-GMP-dependent quorum sensing regulatory network in a clinical isolate SSU of Aeromonas hydrophila

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 53, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 115-124

  Kozlova, Elena V ^a   Khajanchi, Bijay K ^a   Popov, Vsevolod L ^a   Wen, Julie ^a   Chopra, Ashok K ^a  

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

Author keywords

2 Component QseBC system; Aeromonas hydrophila; Biofilm formation; C di GMP; Gene transcription; Motility; Mouse model of infection; Quorum sensing systems

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYCLIC DI GUANOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN GGDEF; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AHA0701H GENE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICROBIAL ATTENUATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; QSEBC SYSTEM; QUORUM SENSING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CYCLIC GMP; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICE; QUORUM SENSING; VIRULENCE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84865162542     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2012.05.008     Document Type: Article

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