Quorum sensing regulators are required for metabolic fitness in Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2017, Pages

  Kalburge, Sai Siddarth ^a   Carpenter, Megan R ^a   Rozovsky, Sharon ^a   Fidelma Boyd, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon metabolism; Intestinal colonization; Quorum sensing; Vibrio parahaemolyticus

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; SUGAR; TRANSCRIPTOME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING;

ADULT; AMINO ACID TRANSPORT; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; APHA GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BINDING SITE; BIOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BIOINFORMATICS; CARBON UTILIZATION; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; INTESTINE MUCOSA; LUXO GENE; MALE; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPAR GENE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; REGULON; RNA SEQUENCE; SUGAR TRANSPORT; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; WILD TYPE; ADAPTATION; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE DELETION; GENETICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROMOTER REGION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; ENERGY METABOLISM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

EID: 85014126365     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00930-16     Document Type: Article

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