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Identification of a Vibrio cholerae chemoreceptor that senses taurine and amino acids as attractants

Vibrio cholerae, the etiological agent of cholera, was found to be attracted by taurine (2-aminoethanesulfonic acid), a major constituent of human bile. Mlp37, the closest homolog of the previously identified amino acid chemoreceptor Mlp24, was found to mediate taxis to taurine as well as L-serine,...

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Autores principales: Nishiyama, So-ichiro, Takahashi, Yohei, Yamamoto, Kentaro, Suzuki, Daisuke, Itoh, Yasuaki, Sumita, Kazumasa, Uchida, Yumiko, Homma, Michio, Imada, Katsumi, Kawagishi, Ikuro
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4754685/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26878914
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep20866