Isolation of agr Quorum Sensing Autoinducers

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 692, Issue , 2011, Pages 47-59

  Balaban, Naomi ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agr; Autoinduction; Quorum sensing; RNAIII; Staphylococcus aureus; Temporal regulation; Lactamase reporter cell assay

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL RNA; BETA LACTAMASE; OLIGOPEPTIDE; RNAIII INHIBITING PEPTIDE; RNAIII, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CYTOLOGY; DRUG ANTAGONISM; FRACTIONATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NORTHERN BLOTTING; QUORUM SENSING; REPORTER GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; GENES, REPORTER; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; OLIGOPEPTIDES; QUORUM SENSING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, BACTERIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 79952198556     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-971-0_4     Document Type: Chapter

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