Identification of Bacterial Autoinducers - Methods Chapter

Bacterial Signaling

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 95-111

  Fekete, Agnes ^a   Rothballer, Michael ^a   Hartmann, Anton ^a   Schmitt Kopplin, Philippe ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoinducer; Biosensor; Quantification; Sample preparation; Structural analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 78650212040     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527629237.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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