Quorum-sensing regulation of a capsular polysaccharide receptor for the Rhodobacter capsulatus gene transfer agent (RcGTA)

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 802-817

  Brimacombe, Cedric A ^a   Stevens, Aaron ^a   Jun, Daniel ^a   Mercer, Ryan ^b   Lang, Andrew S ^b   Beatty, J Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CAPSULE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TRANSFER AGENT; GENETIC REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSDUCTION; GTAL GENE; GTAR GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; QUORUM SENSING; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS; TRANSDUCTION, GENETIC;

PROKARYOTA; RHODOBACTER CAPSULATUS;

EID: 84873481720     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12132     Document Type: Article

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