LuxR homologue smcr is essential for vibrio vulnificus pathogenesis and biofilm detachment, and its expression is induced by host cells

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 81, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 3721-3730

  Kim, Seung Min ^c   Park, Jin Hwan ^a   Lee, Hyun Sung ^a   Kim, Won Bin ^a   Ryu, Jung Min ^b   Han, Ho Jae ^b   Choi, Sang Ho ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Food Research Institute   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LUXR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOST CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; INOCULATION; INTESTINE INJURY; JEJUNUM; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; SMCR GENE; UPREGULATION; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS INFECTION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICE; MUTATION; QUORUM SENSING; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84884405103     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00561-13     Document Type: Article

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