Acyl-homoserine lactones modulate the settlement rate of zoospores of the marine alga Ulva intestinalis via a novel chemokinetic mechanism

Plant, Cell and Environment

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 608-618

  Wheeler, Glen L ^a   Tait, Karen ^a   Taylor, Alison ^b   Brownlee, Colin ^b   Joint, Ian ^a  

^a PLYMOUTH MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^b THE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chemokinesis; Chemotaxis; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

CHEMOTACTIC FACTOR; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE; HOMOSERINE LACTONE;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CHEMOTAXIS; GREEN ALGA; SETTLING BEHAVIOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SPORE; BIOFILM; CHEMOTAXIS; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; LIGHT; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULVA; VIBRIO;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BIOFILMS; CHEMOTACTIC FACTORS; CHEMOTAXIS; LIGHT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPORES; ULVA; VIBRIO;

ALGAE; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LISTONELLA ANGUILLARUM; ULVA; ULVA INTESTINALIS;

EID: 33645397891     PISSN: 01407791     EISSN: 13653040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3040.2005.01440.x     Document Type: Article

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