Cell to cell communication by autoinducing peptides in gram-positive bacteria

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 1-4, 2002, Pages 233-243

  Sturme, Mark H J ^a   Kleerebezem, Michiel ^b,c   Nakayama, Jiro ^d   Akkermans, Antoon D L ^a   Vaughan, Elaine E ^a,c   De Vos, Willem M ^a,c  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b NIZO FOOD RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^d KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Autoinducing peptides; Gram positive bacteria; Quorum sensing; Two component regulatory systems

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AUTOINDUCING PEPTIDE; HOMOSERINE; LACTONE; MEMBRANE RECEPTOR; NISIN; PEPTIDE DERIVATIVE; PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM; COMMUNICATION; PEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOCHEMISTRY; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL GROWTH; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036419053     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020522919555     Document Type: Article

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