Inhibition of SypG-Induced Biofilms and Host Colonization by the Negative Regulator SypE in Vibrio fischeri

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2013, Pages

  Morris, Andrew R ^a   Visick, Karen L ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN SYPA; PROTEIN SYPE; PROTEIN SYPG; SIGMA FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; METABOLIC INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WILD TYPE;

ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DECAPODIFORMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL;

CEPHALOPODA; EUKARYOTA; EUPRYMNA SCOLOPES; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 84875507049     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0060076     Document Type: Article

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