Characterization of a luxI/luxR-type quorum sensing system and N-acyl-homoserine lactone-dependent regulation of exo-enzyme and antibacterial component production in Serratia plymuthica RVH1

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 150-158

  Van Houdt, Rob ^a   Moons, Pieter ^a   Aertsen, Abram ^a   Jansen, An ^a   Vanoirbeek, Kristof ^a   Daykin, Mavis ^b   Williams, Paul ^b   Michiels, Chris W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

N acyl l homoserine lactone; Quorum sensing; Serratia

Indexed keywords

2,3 BUTANEDIOL; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHITINASE; N (3 OXOHEXANOYL)HOMOSERINE LACTONE; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; N BUTANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; N HEXANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; NUCLEASE; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENE SEQUENCE; LUXI GENE; LUXR GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATOR GENE; REPRESSOR GENE; SERRATIA PLYMUTHICA; SERRATIA PLYMUTHICA RVH1; SPLI GENE;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BUTYLENE GLYCOLS; CHITINASE; ENZYMES; GENOME, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; QUORUM SENSING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SERRATIA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VEGETABLES;

NEGIBACTERIA; SERRATIA; SERRATIA PLYMUTHICA;

EID: 33847364535     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2006.11.008     Document Type: Article

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