Quorum sensing and starvation: Signals for entry into stationary phase

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 177-182

  Lazazzera, Beth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL INTERACTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STARVATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0034072029     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(00)00072-2     Document Type: Review

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