Conservation of genes and processes controlled by the quorum response in bacteria: Characterization of genes controlled by the quorum-sensing transcription factor ComA in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 1159-1174

  Comella, Natalia ^a   Grossman, Alan D ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR COMA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ARGININE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS); TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSFERASES;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 23744516298     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2005.04749.x     Document Type: Article

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