Orphan LuxR regulators of quorum sensing: Review article

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 33, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 739-756

  Patankar, Arati V ^b   González, Juan E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacterial communication; LuxR regulators; Orphan LuxR; Quorum sensing; Transcriptional regulators

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LUXR;

AGROBACTERIUM VITIS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; BURKHOLDERIA; DNA SEQUENCE; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SERRATIA; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; XANTHOMONAS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XANTHOMONAS ORYZAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; QUORUM SENSING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 66749147731     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2009.00163.x     Document Type: Review

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