Active regulation of receptor ratios controls integration of quorum-sensing signals in Vibrio harveyi

Molecular Systems Biology

Volumn 7, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Teng, Shu Wen ^a,d   Schaffer, Jessica N ^a   Tu, Kimberly C ^a   Mehta, Pankaj ^a,c   Lu, Wenyun ^a   Ong, N P ^a   Bassler, Bonnie L ^a,b   Wingreen, Ned S ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c Boston University   (United States)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

feedback loops; quorum sensing; signal integration; single cell fluorescence microscopy

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LUXM PROTEIN; LUXN PROTEIN; LUXO PROTEIN; MESSENGER RNA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LUXR; TRANSFER RNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; 5' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ARTICLE; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO HARVEYI; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; VIBRIO;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO HARVEYI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FEEDBACK, PHYSIOLOGICAL; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, FLUORESCENCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; QUORUM SENSING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; VIBRIO;

EID: 79957570531     PISSN: 17444292     EISSN: 17444292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/msb.2011.30     Document Type: Article

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