Autoinducer 2 controls biofilm formation in Escherichia coli through a novel motility quorum-sensing regulator (MqsR, B3022)

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 305-316

  González Barrios, Andrés F ^a   Zuo, Rongjun ^a   Hashimoto, Yoshifumi ^b   Yang, Li ^b   Bentley, William E ^b   Wood, Thomas K ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOINDUCER 2 PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; NUCLEOSIDASE; PROTEIN B3022; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HOMOSERINE; LACTONE; MQSR PROTEIN, E COLI; N OCTANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; N-OCTANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; QSEB PROTEIN, E COLI; QSEC PROTEIN, E COLI;

ARTICLE; B3022 GENE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOFILM; CELL MOTILITY; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRL GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLHCD GENE; FLHD GENE; FLIA GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MASS; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MOTA GENE; MOTILITY QUORUM SENSING REGULATOR GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; QSEB GENE; QSEBC GENE; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; THICKNESS; WILD TYPE; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BIOFILMS; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMOSERINE; LACTONES; MOVEMENT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 30744444010     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.188.1.305-316.2006     Document Type: Article

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