luxS-dependent gene regulation in Escherichia coli K-12 revealed by genomic expression profiling

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 8350-8360

  Wang, Liang ^a,b   Li, Jun ^a,c   March, John C ^a,c   Valdes, James J ^d   Bentley, William E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BIOTECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Bldg 142   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; IRON; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; DNA MICROARRAY; ENZYME ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; IRON TRANSPORT; LUXS GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMOSERINE; LACTONES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 28844474413     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.24.8350-8360.2005     Document Type: Article

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