Engineering motility as a phenotypic response to LuxI/R-dependent quorum sensing in Escherichia coli

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 100, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1251-1255

  Weiss, Lucien E ^a   Badalamenti, Jonathan P ^a   Weaver, Lane J ^a   Tascone, Anthony R ^a,b   Weiss, Paul S ^a   Richard, Tom L ^a,c   Cirino, Patrick C ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^c University Park   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; LuxI; MotB; Motility; Quorum sensing; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

FUNCTIONAL OUTPUTS; INDUCIBLE EXPRESSION; LUXI; MOTB; MOTILITY; PHENOTYPIC RESPONSES; QUORUM SENSING; RIBOSOME BINDING SITE; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BINDING ENERGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; SENSORS; TECHNOLOGY;

BINDING SITES;

NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN LUXI; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LUXR;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; BIOENGINEERING; CELL MOTILITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; QUORUM SENSING; RIBOSOME;

ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CHEMOTAXIS; ENZYME INDUCTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); QUORUM SENSING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 48649101586     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.21862     Document Type: Article

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