Regulation of autoinducer production in Salmonella typhimurium

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 585-595

  Surette, Michael G ^a   Bassler, Bonnie L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE INDUCTION; NONHUMAN; OSMOLARITY; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GLUCOSE; HOMOSERINE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LACTONES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0032949594     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01199.x     Document Type: Article

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