Role and regulation of bacterial LuxR-like regulators

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2694-2702

  Chen, Jing ^a   Xie, Jianping ^a  

^a SOUTHWEST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

LuxR; Mycobacterium; Quorum Sensing; regulation

Indexed keywords

TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LUXR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MYCOBACTERIUM; QUORUM SENSING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MYCOBACTERIUM;

EID: 80053201949     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: 10974644     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.23219     Document Type: Article

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