The Serratia LuxR family regulator CarR 39006 activates transcription independently of cognate quorum sensing signals

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1120-1131

  Poulter, Simon ^a   Carlton, Timothy M ^a   Spring, David R ^a   Salmond, George P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; PROTEIN CARR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING MOTIF; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; QUORUM SENSING; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SERRATIA; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; QUORUM SENSING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SERRATIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; NEGIBACTERIA; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; SERRATIA; SERRATIA SP. ATCC 39006;

EID: 79955727723     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07634.x     Document Type: Article

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