A bacterial cell-cell communication signal with cross-kingdom structural analogues

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 903-912

  Wang, Lian Hui ^a   He, Yawen ^a   Gao, Yunfeng ^a   Wu, Ji En ^a   Dong, Yi Hu ^a   He, Chaozu ^c   Wang, Su Xing ^d   Weng, Li Xing ^a   Xu, Jin Ling ^a   Tay, Leng ^d   Fang, Rong Xiang ^c   Zhang, Lian Hui ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^d SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FATTY ACID DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHEMICAL BOND; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; MICROMORPHOLOGY; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL COMMUNICATION; FATTY ACIDS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; CANDIDA ALBICANS; EUKARYOTA; MYCOBACTERIUM; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS PV. CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 10744231736     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03883.x     Document Type: Article

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