Engineering bacteria to recognize and follow small molecules

Current Opinion in Biotechnology

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 653-656

  Mishler, Dennis M ^a   Topp, Shana ^a   Reynoso, Colleen M K ^a   Gallivan, Justin P ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL MOTILITY; COMPLEX TASK; CONTROL-CELL; ENGINEERING BACTERIA; ENVIRONMENTAL CUES; NOVEL PROTEINS; QUORUM-SENSING; SMALL MOLECULES; SURVIVAL AND GROWTH;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOLOGY; RNA;

BACTERIA;

BACTERIUM; BIOENGINEERING; CANCER CELL; CELL INVASION; CELL MOTILITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CHEMORECEPTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ENGINEERING; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; RIBOSWITCH; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA; BIOENGINEERING; CHEMOTAXIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; QUORUM SENSING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77957355403     PISSN: 09581669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2010.05.007     Document Type: Review

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