Quorum sensing and the lifestyle of Yersinia

Current Issues in Molecular Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 1-10

  Atkinson, Steven ^a   Sockett, R Elizabeth ^a   Cámara, Miguel ^a   Williams, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LACTONE DERIVATIVE; N (3 OXODODECANOYL)HOMOSERINE LACTONE; N (3 OXOHEXANOYL)HOMOSERINE LACTONE; N OCTANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL POPULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POPULATION DENSITY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; YERSINIA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CELL MOVEMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMOSERINE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; YERSINIA;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 31344481733     PISSN: 14673037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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