Classifying the topology of AHL-driven quorum sensing circuits in proteobacterial genomes

Sensors (Switzerland)

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 5432-5444

  Gelencsér, Zsolt ^a   Choudhary, Kumari Sonal ^b   Coutinho, Bruna Goncalves ^b,c   Hudaiberdiev, Sanjarbek ^b   Galbáts, Borisz ^a,d   Venturi, Vittorio ^b   Pongor, Sándor ^b  

^a PÁZMÁNY PÉTER CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^c MINISTRY OF EDUCATION OF BRAZIL   (Brazil)

^d INSTITUTE OF BIOCHEMISTRY   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Bacteria; N AHL; Proteobacteria; Quorum sensing; Topology

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CLASSIFICATION; GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEOBACTERIA; QUORUM SENSING;

GENOME, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; PROTEOBACTERIA; QUORUM SENSING;

EID: 84861553938     PISSN: 14248220     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/s120505432     Document Type: Article

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