Chitinolytic activity in Chromobacterium violaceum: Substrate analysis and regulation by quorum sensing

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 17, 1998, Pages 4435-4441

  Chernin, Leonid S ^a   Winson, Michael K ^b,c   Thompson, Jacquelyn M ^b   Haran, Shoshan ^a   Bycroft, Barrie W ^b   Chet, Ilan ^a   Williams, Paul ^b   Stewart, Gordon S A B ^b  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c ABERYSTWYTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CELL WALL SKELETON; CHITIN; CHITINASE; HOMOSERINE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIODEGRADATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DENSITY; CHROMOBACTERIUM; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE COMPLEX; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0031752045     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.17.4435-4441.1998     Document Type: Article

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