Dual selection enhances the signaling specificity of a variant of the quorum-sensing transcriptional activator LuxR

Nature Biotechnology

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 708-712

  Collins, Cynthia H ^a   Leadbetter, Jared R ^a   Arnold, Frances H ^a,b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b California Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYLATION; CARBONYLATION; CELL CULTURE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE;

3-OXO-HEXANOYL-HOMOSERINE LACTONE; ACYL-HSL SIGNALS; CELL-CELL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; DUAL SELECTION SYSTEM;

GENETIC ENGINEERING;

ARTICLE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL POPULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 33745111577     PISSN: 10870156     EISSN: 15461696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nbt1209     Document Type: Article

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