Specific activation of the Bacillus quorum-sensing systems by isoprenylated pheromone variants

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1561-1573

  Ansaldi, Mireille ^a   Marolt, Darja ^a,b   Stebe, Tina ^a,b   Mandic Mulec, Ines ^b   Dubnau, David ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN COMQ; PROTEIN COMX; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COMP PROTEIN, BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COMQ PROTEIN, BACILLUS SUBTILIS; COMX PROTEIN, BACILLUS SUBTILIS; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PEPTIDE SYNTHASE; TRANSFERASE;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCUS; ISOPRENYLATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN POLYMORPHISM; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; PHEROMONES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMORPHISM (GENETICS); PROTEIN ISOPRENYLATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SUPPORT, NON-U.S. GOV'T; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; TRANSFERASES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036016821     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2002.02977.x     Document Type: Article

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