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Identification and characterization of VpsR and VpsT binding sites in Vibrio cholerae.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Apr 2015
Zamorano-Sánchez David, Fong Jiunn C N, Kilic Sefa, Erill Ivan, Yildiz Fitnat H
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: The ability to form biofilms is critical for environmental survival and transmission of Vibrio cholerae, a facultative human pathogen responsible for the disease cholera. Biofilm formation is controlled by several transcriptional regulators and alternative sigma factors. In this study, we report that the two main positive regulators of biofilm formation, VpsR and VpsT, bind to nonoverlapping target...
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