Growth deficiencies of Neisseria meningitidis pfs and luxS mutants are not due to inactivation of quorum sensing

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 191, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 1293-1302

  Heurlier, Karin ^a   Vendeville, Agnès ^b   Halliday, Nigel ^a   Green, Andrew ^a,c   Winzer, Klaus ^a,d   Tang, Christoph M ^b   Hardie, Kim R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN PFS; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; SULFUR AMINO ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE NUCLEOSIDASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GLYCOSIDASE; HOMOSERINE; LACTONE; LUXS PROTEIN, BACTERIA; LYASE; N OCTANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; N-OCTANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME MECHANISM; GENE EXPRESSION; LUXS GENE; METABOLITE; METHYLATION; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PFS GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUORUM SENSING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REPORTER GENE; SEPTICEMIA; WILD TYPE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMOSERINE; LACTONES; MUTATION; N-GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; QUORUM SENSING;

EID: 60849136024     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01170-08     Document Type: Article

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