Vibrio harveyi quorum sensing: A coincidence detector for two autoinducers controls gene expression

EMBO Journal

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 870-881

  Mok, Kenny C ^a   Wingreen, Ned S ^b   Bassler, Bonnie L ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoinducer; Coincidence detector; Quorum sensing; Signal transduction

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN AUTOINDUCER 1; PROTEIN AUTOINDUCER 2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; GENE TARGETING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMOSERINE; LACTONES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; UNCULTURED MARINE BACTERIUM; VIBRIO; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 0037450782     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/cdg085     Document Type: Article

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