Bacteriocin small of Rhizobium leguminosarum belongs to the class of N-acyl-L-homoserine lactone molecules, known as autoinducers and as quorum sensing co-transcription factors

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 178, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 366-371

  Schripsema, Jan ^a,e   De Rudder, Karel E E ^b   Van Vliet, Theo B ^b   Lankhorst, Peter P ^c   De Vroom, Erik ^c   Kijne, Jan W ^b   Van Brussel, Anton A N ^b,d  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Section of Cell Biology   (Netherlands)

^c Gist Brocades NV   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOCIN; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ISOLATION; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIOCINS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; STEREOISOMERISM; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ERWINIA; FABACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; TRIFLUORO; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 0030071672     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.178.2.366-371.1996     Document Type: Article

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