A novel quorum sensing system co-regulated by chromosome- and plasmid-encoded genes in Serratia marcescens H30

Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 319, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 87-90

  Zhu, Hu ^a,b   Shen, Ya Ling ^b   Wei, Dong Zhi ^b   Zhu, Jia Wen ^c  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Cloning; Gene localization; Serratia marcescens; SpnI and Spn R genes

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA; PROTEIN SPNI; PROTEIN SPNR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCATION; GENETIC REGULATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR PROBE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; QUORUM SENSING; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; QUORUM SENSING; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 55649112872     PISSN: 03008177     EISSN: 15734919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11010-008-9880-8     Document Type: Article

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