Can boron get bacteria talking?

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 217-219

  Coulthurst, Sarah J ^a   Whitehead, Neil A ^a   Welch, Martin ^a   Salmond, George P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HOMOSERINE; LACTONE; LUXP PROTEIN, VIBRIO; LUXS PROTEIN, BACTERIA; LYASE; N OCTANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; N-OCTANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BORON; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; HOMOSERINE; LACTONES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0036558019     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0004(02)02096-0     Document Type: Review

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