In vitro biosynthesis of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum-sensing signal molecule N-butanoyl-L-homoserine lactone

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 193-203

  Jiang, Yan ^a   Camara, Miguel ^a   Chhabra, Siri Ram ^a   Hardie, Kim R ^a   Bycroft, Barrie W ^a   Lazdunski, Andrée ^b   Salmond, George P C ^c   Stewart, Gordon S A B ^a   Williams, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; N BUTANOYL HOMOSERINE LACTONE; N HEXANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IN VITRO STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; ACETYL COENZYME A; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CERULENIN; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; KINETICS; LIGASES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0031921511     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1998.00789.x     Document Type: Article

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