Analogs of the autoinducer 3-oxooctanoyl-homoserine lactone strongly inhibit activity of the TraR protein of Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 20, 1998, Pages 5398-5405

  Zhu, Jun ^a   Beaber, John W ^a   Moré, Margret I ^a   Fuqua, Clay ^b   Eberhard, Anatol ^c   Winans, Stephen C ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ITHACA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HOMOSERINE; LACTONE; PHEROMONE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULON; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031690671     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.20.5398-5405.1998     Document Type: Article

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