AI-2 does not function as a quorum sensing molecule in Campylobacter jejuni during exponential growth in vitro

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Holmes, Kathryn ^a,c   Tavender, Tim J ^b,d   Winzer, Klaus ^b   Wells, Jerry M ^a,e   Hardie, Kim R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c ADELAIDE AND MEATH HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; METHIONINE; METHYL GROUP; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; TRANSCRIPTOME; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HOMOSERINE; LACTONE; LUXS PROTEIN, BACTERIA; LYASE; N OCTANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; N-OCTANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CELL COMMUNICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH CURVE; GROWTH RATE; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUORUM SENSING; WILD TYPE; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACCIPITRIDAE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMOSERINE; LACTONES; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; QUORUM SENSING; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 72449120345     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-9-214     Document Type: Article

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