The LuxS family of bacterial autoinducers: Biosynthesis of a novel quorum-sensing signal molecule

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 463-476

  Schauder, Stephan ^a   Shokat, Kevan ^a   Surette, Michael G ^b   Bassler, Bonnie L ^b,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOINDUCER PROTEIN AI1; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; HOMOSERINE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH REGULATION; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; NONVERBAL COMMUNICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INDUCTION; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; CELL EXTRACTS; CELL-FREE SYSTEM; DIALYSIS; GENOMICS; HOMOCYSTEINE; HOMOSERINE; LACTONES; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; S-ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TYPHIMURIUM; UNCULTURED MARINE BACTERIUM; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 0034897764     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2001.02532.x     Document Type: Article

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