Quorum sensing regulation in Aeromonas hydrophila

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 396, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 849-857

  Garde, Christian ^a   Bjarnsholt, Thomas ^b   Givskov, Michael ^b   Jakobsen, Tim Holm ^b   Hentzer, Morten ^b   Claussen, Anetta ^a   Sneppen, Kim ^c   Ferkinghoff Borg, Jesper ^a   Sams, Thomas ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aeromonas hydrophila; E. coli; Michaelis Menten; Quorum sensing; Signal molecules

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE LOCUS; IN VITRO STUDY; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 77649273704     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2010.01.002     Document Type: Article

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