Intercellular communication in Helicobacter pylori: luxS is essential for the production of an extracellular signaling molecule

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 68, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 3193-3199

  Forsyth, Mark H ^a   Cover, Timothy L ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; CYTOTOXINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HOMOSERINE; LACTONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO;

EID: 0034085068     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.68.6.3193-3199.2000     Document Type: Article

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