New and unexpected insights into the modulation of LuxR-type quorum sensing by cyclic dipeptides

ACS Chemical Biology

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1051-1059

  Campbell, Jennifer ^a   Lin, Qi ^a   Geske, Grant D ^a   Blackwell, Helen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,5 PIPERAZINEDIONE; DIPEPTIDE; LACTONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LUXR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; GENE EXPRESSION; INHIBITION KINETICS; LUMINESCENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; QUORUM SENSING; REPORTER GENE; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

DIKETOPIPERAZINES; DIPEPTIDES; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; QUORUM SENSING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SMALL MOLECULE LIBRARIES; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 73649143857     PISSN: 15548929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cb900165y     Document Type: Article

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