Quantitative liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry profiling of activated methyl cycle metabolites involved in LuxS-dependent quorum sensing in Escherichia coli

Analytical Biochemistry

Volumn 403, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 20-29

  Halliday, N M ^a   Hardie, K R ^a   Williams, P ^a   Winzer, K ^a   Barrett, D A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Activated methyl cycle; Alkyl chloroformates; Escherichia coli; LC MS MS; LuxS; Metabolite profiling; Pfs; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOMOLECULES; ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POSITIVE IONS;

ACTIVATED METHYL CYCLE; ALKYL CHLOROFORMATES; LC-MS/MS; LUXS; METABOLITE PROFILING; QUORUM-SENSING;

METABOLITES;

CYSTATHIONINE; CYSTEINE; HOMOCYSTEINE; HOMOSERINE; METHIONINE; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LUXS PROTEIN, BACTERIA; LYASE;

ACTIVATED METHYL CYCLE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DERIVATIZATION; DRY WEIGHT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; HELICOBACTER PYLORI; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLOMICS; NEISSERIA MENINGITIDIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUORUM SENSING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PROCEDURES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTATION; QUORUM SENSING; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 77953362042     PISSN: 00032697     EISSN: 10960309     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2010.04.021     Document Type: Article

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