Examination of Pseudomonas aeruginosa lasI regulation and 3-oxo-C12-homoserine lactone production using a heterologous Escherichia coli system

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 273, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 38-44

  Wargo, Matthew J ^a   Hogan, Deborah A ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Acylhomoserine lactones; Bacterial fungal interactions; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

HOMOSERINE; LACTONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS HYPHAE; LACTONIZATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA EXTRACTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HYPHAE; KINETICS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 34347378880     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.00773.x     Document Type: Article

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