Evidence for a signaling system in Helicobacter pylori: Detection of a luxS-encoded autoinducer

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 182, Issue 13, 2000, Pages 3638-3643

  Joyce, Elizabeth A ^a   Bassler, Bonnie L ^b   Wright, Andrew ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LUCIFERASE;

ACYLATION; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC REGULATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATOR GENE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, TWO-DIMENSIONAL; GENE EXPRESSION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED; VIRULENCE;

EID: 0034093913     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.182.13.3638-3643.2000     Document Type: Article

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