Revised model for Enterococcus faecalis fsr quorum-sensing system: The small open reading frame fsrD encodes the gelatinase biosynthesis-activating pheromone propeptide corresponding to staphylococcal AgrD

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 8321-8326

  Nakayama, Jiro ^a   Chen, Shengmin ^a   Oyama, Nozomi ^a   Nishiguchi, Kenzo ^a   Azab, Essam A ^a   Tanaka, Emi ^a   Kariyama, Reiko ^b   Sonomoto, Kenji ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYSTEINE PROTEINASE; GELATINASE BIOSYNTHESIS ACTIVATING PHEROMONE; PHEROMONE; PROTEIN AGR; PROTEIN FSR; PROTEIN FSRB; PROTEIN FSRD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PEPTIDE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUORUM SENSING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CYSTEINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; LACTONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; OPEN READING FRAMES; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; QUORUM SENSING; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 33751560989     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00865-06     Document Type: Article

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