Chemotaxis to the quorum-sensing signal AI-2 requires the Tsr chemoreceptor and the periplasmic LsrB AI-2-binding protein

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 768-773

  Hegde, Manjunath ^a   Englert, Derek L ^a   Schrock, Shanna ^a   Cohn, William B ^b   Vogt, Christian ^b,c   Wood, Thomas K ^a   Manson, Michael D ^b   Jayaraman, Arul ^a  

^a Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Novartis Pharma AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN AI 2; PROTEIN LSRB; PROTEIN TSR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUORUM SENSING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HOMOSERINE; LACTONES; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PROTEIN BINDING; QUORUM SENSING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 78751525262     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01196-10     Document Type: Article

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