Reversible Acyl-Homoserine Lactone Binding to Purified Vibrio fischeri LuxR Protein

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 631-637

  Urbanowski, M L ^a   Lostroh, C P ^b   Greenberg, E P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b University of Colorado College of Nursing   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HOMOSERINE; LACTONE; N (3 OXOHEXANOYL)HOMOSERINE LACTONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LUXR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING KINETICS; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DILUTION; LUMINESCENCE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REACTION ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIUM; VIBRIO; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 1642581508     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.3.631-637.2004     Document Type: Article

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