Identification and characterization of new LuxR/LuxI-type quorum sensing systems from metagenomic libraries

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 105-117

  Hao, Youai ^a   Winans, Stephen C ^b   Glick, Bernard R ^a   Charles, Trevor C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LUXI PROTEIN, BACTERIA; LUXR AUTOINDUCER BINDING PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LIBRARY; GENETICS; METAGENOMICS; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; QUORUM SENSING;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC LIBRARY; METAGENOMICS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; QUORUM SENSING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

AGROBACTERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROTEOBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM;

EID: 73349097561     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2009.02049.x     Document Type: Article

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