Bioassays of Quorum Sensing Compounds Using Agrobacterium tumefaciens and Chromobacterium violaceum

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 692, Issue , 2011, Pages 3-19

  Chu, Weihua ^a,b   Vattem, Dhiraj A ^c   Maitin, Vatsala ^c   Barnes, Mary B ^d   McLean, Robert J C ^a  

^a Texas State University   (United States)

^b CHINA PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Agrobacerium tumefaciens; Chromobacterium violaceum; N acyl homoserine lactone; Quorum sensing; Violacein

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACETIC ACID ETHYL ESTER; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOBACTERIUM; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETIC PROCEDURES; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; QUORUM SENSING; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

ACETATES; ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; CHROMATOGRAPHY, THIN LAYER; CHROMOBACTERIUM; QUORUM SENSING; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER;

EID: 79952199166     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-971-0_1     Document Type: Chapter

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