Control of exoenzyme production, motility and cell differentiation in Serratia liquefaciens

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 115-122

  Givskov, Michael ^a   Eberl, Leo ^b   Molin, Søren ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

exoenzyme; flagella; quorum sensing; Serratia liquefaciens; surface motility

Indexed keywords

HYDROLASE;

CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SERRATIA;

EID: 0030889724     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(96)00530-7     Document Type: Article

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