Cell-to-cell signalling in Escherichia coli and Salmonella enterica

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 933-945

  Ahmer, Brian M M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOSENSOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC MODEL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVIDENCIA STUARTII; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMOSERINE; LACTONES; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIBRIO;

ANIMALIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROVIDENCIA; PROVIDENCIA STUARTII; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; VIBRIO;

EID: 3142764130     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04054.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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