Activity, abundance, and localization of quorum sensing receptors in Vibrio harveyi

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue APR, 2017, Pages

  Lorenz, Nicola ^a   Shin, Jae Yen ^a   Jung, Kirsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoinducer; Fluorescence microscopy; Histidine phosphotransfer protein; Hybrid histidine kinase; Marine bacteria; Phosphorylation; QRT PCR; Response regulator

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION AND DEPHOSPHORYLATION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; QUORUM SENSING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA ISOLATION; ULTRACENTRIFUGATION; VIBRIO HARVEYI; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 85018350052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2017.00634     Document Type: Article

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