Quorum-sensing regulation of the production of Blp bacteriocins in Streptococcus thermophilus

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 7195-7205

  Fontaine, Laetitia ^a   Boutry, Céline ^a   Guédon, Eric ^b   Guillot, Alain ^c   Ibrahim, Mariam ^c   Grossiord, Benoît ^d   Hols, Pascal ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

^c Unité de Biochimie Bactérienne   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; BACTERIOCIN; PHEROMONE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PROTEIN BLP; PROTEIN BLPC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING SITE; BLP GENE; BLPABC GENE; BLPD GENE; BLPE F GENE; BLPG X GENE; BLPRH GENE; BLPU GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; GENE CLUSTER; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH CURVE; IMMUNITY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN MOTIF; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 35048889166     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00966-07     Document Type: Article

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