Quorum sensing in Vibrio anguillarum: Characterization of the vanI/vanR locus and identification of the autoinducer N-(3-Oxodecanoyl)-L-Homoserine lactone

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 179, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 3004-3012

  Milton, Debra L ^a   Hardman, Andrea ^b   Camara, Miguel ^b   Chhabra, Siri Ram ^b   Bycroft, Barrie W ^b   Stewart, Gordon S A B ^b   Williams, Paul ^b  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOINDUCER PROTEIN; N (3 OXODECANOYL)HOMOSERINE LACTONE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CHROMOBACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO;

EID: 0030984552     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.179.9.3004-3012.1997     Document Type: Article

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