Self perception in bacteria: Quorum sensing with acylated homoserine lactones

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 183-189

  Fuqua, Clay ^a   Greenberg, E Peter ^b  

^a TRINITY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

DRUG DERIVATIVE; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE; HOMOSERINE LACTONE; LUXR AUTOINDUCER BINDING PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ACYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TRANSACTIVATION;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; ACYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0032035296     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(98)80009-X     Document Type: Article

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