Swarming Differentiation of Vibrio vulnificus Downregulates the Expression of the vvhBA Hemolysin Gene via the LuxS Quorum-Sensing System
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Kim Moon-Young
(Research Center for Resistant Cells, Chosun University Medical School)
Park Ra-Young (Research Center for Resistant Cells, Chosun University Medical School) Choi Mi-Hwa (Research Center for Resistant Cells, Chosun University Medical School) Sun Hui-Yu (Research Center for Resistant Cells, Chosun University Medical School) Kim Choon-Mee (Research Center for Resistant Cells, Chosun University Medical School) Kim Soo-Young (Clinical Vaccine R&D Center, National Research Laboratory of Molecular Microbial Pathogenesis, Research Institute of Vibrio Infection and Genome Research Center for Enteropathogenic Bacteria, and Department of Microbiology, Chonnam National University Medical School) Rhee Joon-Haeng (Clinical Vaccine R&D Center, National Research Laboratory of Molecular Microbial Pathogenesis, Research Institute of Vibrio Infection and Genome Research Center for Enteropathogenic Bacteria, and Department of Microbiology, Chonnam National University Medical School) Shin Sung-Heui (Research Center for Resistant Cells, Chosun University Medical School) |
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