Characterization of autoinducer 2 signal in Eikenella corrodens and its role in biofilm formation

Journal of Bioscience and Bioengineering

Volumn 102, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 110-117

  Azakami, Hiroyuki ^a   Teramura, Izumi ^a   Matsunaga, Tetsuro ^a   Akimichi, Hiromi ^a   Noiri, Yuichiro ^b   Ebisu, Shigeyuki ^b   Kato, Akio ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

biofilm; Eikenella corrodens; quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

EIKENELLA CORRODENS; MUTANTS; NEGATIVE PHENOTYPE; QUORUM SENSING;

BIOASSAY; BIOFILMS; GENES; PATHOLOGY; POPULATION STATISTICS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

BACTERIA;

LACTONE DERIVATIVE; POLYSTYRENE; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOASSAY; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EIKENELLA CORRODENS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ORTHOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; SUPERNATANT; VIBRIO HARVEYI; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIA; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; EIKENELLA CORRODENS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HEMAGGLUTININS; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EIKENELLA CORRODENS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 33749236609     PISSN: 13891723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1263/jbb.102.110     Document Type: Article

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