The hanR/hanl quorum-sensing system of Halomonas anticariensis, a moderately halophilic bacterium

Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3378-3387

  Tahrioui, Ali ^a   Quesada, Emilia ^a   Llamas, Inmaculada ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HANL PROTEIN; HANR PROTEIN; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE DERIVATIVE; LUXI PROTEIN, BACTERIA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOSS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HALOMONAS; HALOMONAS ANTICARIENSIS; HALOPHILIC BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUORUM SENSING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REGULATOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; WILD TYPE; CHEMISTRY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HALOMONAS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; QUORUM SENSING; REAL-TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 82555175384     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.052167-0     Document Type: Article

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