Identification and characterization of an N-acylhomoserine lactone-dependent quorum-sensing system in Pseudomonas putida strain IsoF

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 6371-6382

  Steidle, Anette ^a   Allesen Holm, Marie ^c   Riedel, Kathrin ^a   Berg, Gabriele ^b   Givskov, Michael ^c   Molin, Søren ^c   Eberl, Leo ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; COENZYMES; FATTY ACIDS; GENES; GROWTH KINETICS;

QUORUM SENSING;

MICROBIOLOGY;

GENE PRODUCT; LACTONE; PROTEIN PPUA; PROTEIN PPUI; PROTEIN PPUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FLANKING REGION; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FEEDBACK; GENES, BACTERIAL; LACTONES; LIGASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OPEN READING FRAMES; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 0242684419     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.68.12.6371-6382.2002     Document Type: Article

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