Thermoregulation of N-acyl homoserine lactone-based quorum sensing in the soft rot bacterium Pectobacterium atrosepticum

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 73, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 4078-4081

  Latour, Xavier ^a   Diallo, Stéphanie ^a   Chevalier, Sylvie ^a   Morin, Danièle ^b   Smadja, Bruno ^a   Burini, Jean François ^a   Haras, Dominique ^b   Orange, Nicole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYME KINETICS; TRANSCRIPTION;

EXOENZYME PRODUCTION; THERMOREGULATION;

ESTERS;

N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE;

AMINO ACID; BACTERIUM; THERMOREGULATION;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL SOFT ROT; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PECTOBACTERIUM; PECTOBACTERIUM ATROSEPTICUM; QUORUM SENSING; THERMOREGULATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PECTOBACTERIUM ATROSEPTICUM;

EID: 34250792181     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02681-06     Document Type: Article

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