Evidence that halogenated furanones from Delisea pulchra inhibit acylated homoserine lactone (AHL)-mediated gene expression by displacing the AHL signal from its receptor protein

Microbiology

Volumn 145, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 283-291

  Manefield, Michael ^a   De Nys, Rocky ^a   Kumar, Naresh ^a   Read, Roger ^a   Givskov, Michael ^b   Steinberg, Peter ^a   Kjelleberg, Staffan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acylated homoserine lactone; AHL; Delisea pulchra; Halogenated furanones; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

HOMOSERINE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; RECEPTOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOLUMINESCENCE; DELISEA PULCHRA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RED ALGA; TWO DIMENSIONAL GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

DELISEA PULCHRA; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0033060727     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/13500872-145-2-283     Document Type: Article

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