Quorum sensing in Burkholderia cepacia: Identification of the LuxrI homologs CepRI

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 748-756

  Lewenza, Shawn ^a   Conway, Barbara ^b   Greenberg, E P ^b   Sokol, Pamela A ^a  

^a Health Sciences Centre Calgary   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; N OCTANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; ORNIBACTIN; PROTEINASE; SIDEROPHORE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE INSERTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSPOSON;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM;

EID: 0032939099     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.3.748-756.1999     Document Type: Article

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