Quorum Sensing. Regulating the Regulators.

Advances in Microbial Physiology

Volumn 58, Issue , 2011, Pages 23-80

  Frederix, Marijke ^a   Downie, Allan J ^b  

^a JOHN INNES CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acyl homoserine lactone; Agrobacterium; AHL; AI 2; AI 3; Autoinducer; Cross species communication; Environmental signals; LuxR; PQS; Pseudomonas; Quinolone; Quorum; Rhizobium; Signalling; Vibrio

Indexed keywords

AUTOINDUCER 2 PROTEIN; AUTOINDUCER 3 PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BRADYOXETIN; CEPI PROTEIN; HYDROXY FATTY ACID; IRON; MAGNESIUM; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PHOSPHATE; QUINOLONE; TRAR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YTBI PROTEIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; GACA PROTEIN, BACTERIA; HOMOSERINE; LACTONE; N OCTANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; N-OCTANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR KATF PROTEIN, BACTERIA; TRAR PROTEIN, AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS;

BACTERIUM COLONY; BOOK; BRADYRHIZOBIUM JAPONICUM; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; CATABOLITE REPRESSION; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME REGULATION; EUKARYOTE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; LEGUME; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; QUORUM SENSING; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; RHIZOBIUM; RHIZOBIUM LEGUMINOSARUM; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; SYMBIOSIS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO FISCHERI; VIBRIO HARVEYI; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; YERSINIA; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PLASMID; REVIEW;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; RHIZOBIUM; VIBRIO;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HOMOSERINE; LACTONES; PLASMIDS; QUORUM SENSING; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 79959765628     PISSN: 00652911     EISSN: 00652911     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-381043-4.00002-7     Document Type: Chapter

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