Quorum sensing in Vibrio fischeri: Probing autoinducer-LuxR interactions with autoinducer analogs

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2897-2901

  Schaefer, Amy L ^a   Hanzelka, Brian L ^a   Eberhard, Anatol ^b   Greenberg, E P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOSERINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BINDING AFFINITY; CELL DENSITY; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LUMINESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIBRIO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 0029975857     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.10.2897-2901.1996     Document Type: Article

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