Long-chain acyl-homoserine lactone quorum-sensing regulation of Rhodobacter capsulatus gene transfer agent production

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 23, 2002, Pages 6515-6521

  Schaefer, Amy L ^a   Taylor, Terumi A ^a   Beatty, J Thomas ^a   Greenberg, Everett P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTONE DERIVATIVE; LONG CHAIN ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE DERIVATIVE; N HEXADECANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; GENE TRANSFER; GTAI GENE; NONHUMAN; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; LIGASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PARACOCCUS DENITRIFICANS; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA; RHODOBACTER; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; RHODOPSEUDOMONAS;

EID: 0036889326     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.23.6515-6521.2002     Document Type: Article

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