ExpI and PhzI Are Descendants of the Long Lost Cognate Signal Synthase for SdiA

PLoS ONE

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2012, Pages

  Sabag Daigle, Anice ^a   Ahmer, Brian M M ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; PROTEIN SDIA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; ERWINIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPI GENE; EXPR GENE; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; LUXR GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PANTOEA; PHYLOGENY; PHZI GENE; PHZR GENE; RHLI GENE; RHLR GENE; SALMONELLA; SDIA GENE; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; GENOME, BACTERIAL; PHYLOGENY; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84867640741     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0047720     Document Type: Article

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