Evidence that the Vibrio vulnificus flagellar regulator FlhF is regulated by a quorum sensing master regulator SmcR

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 158, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2017-2025

  Kim, Seung Min ^a   Lee, Dong Hwan ^a   Choi, Sang Ho ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; FLAGELLIN; KANAMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; BIOGENESIS; DOWN REGULATION; FLAGELLUM; FLHF GENE; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUORUM SENSING; SMCR GENE; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MONOMERIC GTP-BINDING PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; QUORUM SENSING; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 84865650868     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.059071-0     Document Type: Article

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