Metabolic and regulatory engineering of Serratia marcescens: Mimicking phage-mediated horizontal acquisition of antibiotic biosynthesis and quorum-sensing capacities

Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1899-1911

  Coulhurst, Sarah J ^a   Williamson, Neil R ^a   Harris, Abigail K P ^a   Spring, David R ^a   Salmond, George P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HOMOSERINE; LACTONE; PRODIGIOSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; CELL DENSITY; CELL POPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE VECTOR; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRAIT; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; REGULON; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SIGNAL DETECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PHENOTYPE; PRODIGIOSIN; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SUS SCROFA;

EID: 33746049442     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.28803-0     Document Type: Article

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