A hierarchical quorum-sensing system in Yersinia pseudotuberculosis is involved in the regulation of motility and clumping

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1267-1277

  Atkinson, Steve ^a   Throup, John P ^a,b   Stewart, Gordon S A B ^a   Williams, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(3 OXOHEXANOYL)HOMOSERINE LACTONE; ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; FLAGELLIN; HEXANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; OCTANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; CELL MOTILITY; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL COMMUNICATION; DNA PRIMERS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MOVEMENT; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 0032864725     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01578.x     Document Type: Article

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