Quorum sensing-dependent metalloprotease VvpE is important in the virulence of Vibrio vulnificus to invertebrates

Microbial Pathogenesis

Volumn 71-72, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 8-14

  Ha, Changwan ^a   Kim, Soo Kyoung ^a   Lee, Mi Nan ^a   Lee, Joon Hee ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Host model; Quorum sensing; Tenebrio molitor; Vibrio vulnificus; Virulence; VvpE

Indexed keywords

EXOPEPTIDASE; METALLOPROTEINASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTEMIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; HOST PARASITE INTERACTION; MELANOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUORUM SENSING; TENEBRIO MOLITOR; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VVPE GENE; ANIMAL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INVERTEBRATE; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALS; GENE DELETION; INVERTEBRATES; METALLOPROTEASES; QUORUM SENSING; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84899828425     PISSN: 08824010     EISSN: 10961208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.micpath.2014.04.001     Document Type: Article

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