A Lux-like quorum sensing system in the extreme acidophile Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

Biological Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 283-297

  Rivas, Mariella ^a   Seeger, Michael ^b   Holmes, David S ^c   Jedlicki, Eugenia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Chile)

^c UNIVERSIDAD ANDRÉS BELLO   (Chile)

Author keywords

A. ferrooxidans; Homoserine lactone; Lux box; LuxI and LuxR; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARBON 14; HOMOSERINE; IRON; LACTONE; PROTEIN AFEI; PROTEIN AFER; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME MECHANISM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC LINKAGE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PREDICTION; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; STEADY STATE;

ACIDITHIOBACILLUS FERROOXIDANS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; PROTEOBACTERIA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 27544475018     PISSN: 07169760     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0716-97602005000200018     Document Type: Article

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