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Growth phase regulation of flaA expression in Helicobacter pylori is luxS dependent.
Infection and immunity - 1 Sept 2004
Loh John T, Forsyth Mark H, Cover Timothy L
Abstract excerpt
LuxS plays a role in the synthesis of an extracellular signaling molecule, autoinducer 2 (AI-2). To analyze a possible role of AI-2 in regulating Helicobacter pylori gene expression, we constructed a panel of transcriptional reporter strains. We show that the expression of H. pylori flaA is growth phase dependent and that flaA transcription increases in association with increased culture density. Mutating the...
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