Directed evolution of Vibrio fischeri LuxR for increased sensitivity to a broad spectrum of acyl-homoserine lactones

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 712-723

  Collins, Cynthia H ^a   Arnold, Frances H ^a,b   Leadbetter, Jared R ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 OXOHEXANOYL HOMOSERINE LACTONE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DNA; HOMOSERINE LACTONE; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; PENTANOYL HOMOSERINE LACTONE; RNA POLYMERASE; TETRADECANOYL HOMOSERINE LACTONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LUXR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUORUM SENSING SYSTEM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIBRIO FISCHERI; WILD TYPE;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; MUTATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 13444262309     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04437.x     Document Type: Article

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