Vibrio fischeri LuxS and AinS: Comparative study of two signal synthases

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 3873-3881

  Lupp, Claudia ^a   Ruby, Edward G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; PLASMID DNA; SYNTHETASE;

AINS GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; LUMINESCENCE; LUXS GENE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; VIBRIO; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; CHEMILUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; CULTURE MEDIA; DECAPODIFORMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMOSERINE; LACTONES; MUTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYMBIOSIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIBRIO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CEPHALOPODA; EUPRYMNA; EUPRYMNA SCOLOPES; NEGIBACTERIA; PHOTOBACTERIUM; SCOLOPES; VIBRIO; VIBRIO FISCHERI; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 2942520958     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.12.3873-3881.2004     Document Type: Article

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