Quorum quenching activity in Anabaena sp. PCC 7120: Identification of AiiC, a novel AHL-acylase

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 280, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 73-80

  Romero, Manuel ^a   Diggle, Stephen P ^b   Heeb, Stephan ^b   Cámara, Miguel ^b   Otero, Ana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acylase; AHL; Anabaena; Cyanobacteria; Quorum quenching; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

AMIDASE; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; NITROGEN; RECOMBINANT ENZYME;

ANABAENA; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CULTURE MEDIUM; CYANOBACTERIUM; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; AMIDOHYDROLASES; AMINO SUGARS; ANABAENA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CYANOBACTERIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LACTONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING;

ANABAENA; CYANOBACTERIA; NEGIBACTERIA; NOSTOC SP. PCC 7120; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 38849144610     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2007.01046.x     Document Type: Article

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