Characterization of a new quorum sensing regulator luxT and its roles in the extracellular protease production, motility, and virulence in fish pathogen Vibrio alginolyticus

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 194, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 439-452

  Liu, Huan ^a   Gu, Dan ^a   Cao, Xiaodan ^a   Liu, Qin ^a   Wang, Qiyao ^a   Zhang, Yuanxing ^a  

^a EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Extracellular protease; LuxT; Motility; Quorum sensing; V. alginolyticus

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; PROTEIN LUXO; PROTEIN LUXT; PROTEINASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LUXR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FISH; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LUXT GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUORUM SENSING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS; VIBRIO HARVEYI; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; WESTERN BLOTTING; WILD TYPE; ZEBRA FISH;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FISH DISEASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; QUORUM SENSING; SEQUENCE DELETION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE; ZEBRAFISH;

VIBRIO ALGINOLYTICUS; VIBRIO HARVEYI; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS;

EID: 84865864408     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: 1432072X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00203-011-0774-x     Document Type: Article

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