Quorum sensing in Aeromonas hydrophila and Aeromonas salmonicida: Identification of the Luxri homologs AhyRi and AsaRi and their cognate N- acylhomoserine lactone signal molecules

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 17, 1997, Pages 5271-5281

  Swift, Simon ^a   Karlyshev, Andrey V ^b,c   Fish, Leigh ^a   Durant, Emma L ^b   Winson, Michael K ^a,d   Chhabra, Siri Ram ^a   Williams, Paul ^a   Macintyre, Sheila ^b   Stewart, Gordon S A B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOSERINE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AEROMONAS SALMONICIDA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0030930391     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.17.5271-5281.1997     Document Type: Article

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