The fulminating zoonotic pathogen Vibrio vulnificus is the causative agent of fatal septicemia
in humans and fish, raising tremendous economic burdens in healthcare and the …

Vibrio vulnificus, a gram‐negative halophilic estuarine bacterium, is an opportunistic human
pathogen that causes rapidly progressive fatal septicemia and necrotizing wound infection …

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are currently posing a major threat to our society, rendering
several human and animal infections hard to cure, and this situation is predicted to become …

Vibrio vulnificus, an opportunistic human pathogen, produces cyclo-(l-Phe-l-Pro)(cFP),
which serves as a signaling molecule controlling the ToxR-dependent expression of innate …

In the human pathogen Vibrio vulnificus, the quorum-sensing (QS) signal molecule cyclo-(L-
phenylalanine-L-proline)(cFP) plays a critical role in triggering a signaling pathway involving …

LeuO plays the role of a master regulator in the cyclic-L-phenylalanine-L-proline (cFP)-
dependent signaling pathway in Vibrio vulnificus. cFP, as shown through isothermal titration …

Cyclo (phenylalanine‐proline) is produced by various organisms such as animals, plants,
bacteria and fungi. It has diverse biological functions including anti‐fungal activity, anti …

The Brown Ring Disease (BRD) caused high mortality rates since 1986 in the Manila clam
Venerupis philippinarum introduced and cultured in Western Europe from the 1970s. The …

The histone-like nucleoid structuring protein (H-NS) is an abundant global regulator of
environmentally controlled gene expression. Herein, we demonstrate that H-NS represses …

Abstract Cyclo (Phe-Pro)(cFP), produced by the Vibrio species, plays the dual roles of being
a signaling molecule and a virulence factor. Acting modes of this compound have recently …