Constraints on detection of autoinducer-2 (AI-2) signalling molecules using Vibrio harveyi as a reporter

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1953-1956

  DeKeersmaecker, Sigrid C J ^a   Vanderleyden, Jos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOINDUCER 2; LUCIFERASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOASSAY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL FREE SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LACTIC ACID BACTERIUM; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 0042925729     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.C0117-0     Document Type: Article

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