Parallel quorum sensing signaling pathways in Vibrio cholerae

Current Genetics

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 255-260

  Jung, Sarah A ^a,b   Hawver, Lisa A ^a   Ng, Wai Leung ^a,b  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Gene regulation; Pathogenesis; Quorum sensing; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

CELL COMMUNICATION; CHOLERA; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; ADAPTATION; ANIMAL; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; PHYSIOLOGY;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ANIMALS; HUMANS; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84946763126     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: 14320983     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-015-0532-8     Document Type: Review

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