Quorum sensing positively regulates flagellar motility in pathogenic Vibrio harveyi

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 960-968

  Yang, Qian ^a   Defoirdt, Tom ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMIA; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

AMILORIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LUXI PROTEIN, BACTERIA; LUXO PROTEIN, VIBRIO HARVEYI; LUXR AUTOINDUCER BINDING PROTEINS; PHENAMIL; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; SODIUM CHANNEL; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; AQUATIC SPECIES; ARTEMIA; DRUG EFFECTS; FLAGELLUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUORUM SENSING; VIBRIO;

AMILORIDE; ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; ARTEMIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; QUORUM SENSING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SODIUM CHANNELS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84926409857     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1462-2920.12420     Document Type: Article

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