Autonomous bacterial localization and gene expression based on nearby cell receptor density

Molecular Systems Biology

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Wu, Hsuan Chen ^a,b   Tsao, Chen Yu ^a,b   Quan, David N ^a,b   Cheng, Yi ^b   Servinsky, Matthew D ^c   Carter, Karen K ^a,b   Jee, Kathleen J ^a   Terrell, Jessica L ^a,b   Zargar, Amin ^a,b   Rubloff, Gary W ^b   Payne, Gregory F ^a,b   Valdes, James J ^d   Bentley, William E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; EGFR; Escherichia coli; quorum sensing; synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

AUTOINDUCER 2 PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; CELL RECEPTOR; EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HOMOSERINE; LACTONE; N OCTANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; N-OCTANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER MODEL; CELL DENSITY; CELL MOTILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MODIFICATION; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEM; EMBRYO; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SWITCHING; GENE SYNTHESIS; HEAD AND NECK SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUORUM SENSING; REPORTER GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PATHOLOGY; TUMOR CELL LINE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CANCER CELL LINE; HEK293 CELL LINE; RECEPTOR DENSITY; SYNTHESIS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

CELL LINE, TUMOR; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HOMOSERINE; HUMANS; LACTONES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; QUORUM SENSING; RECEPTOR, EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84873868922     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17444292     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/msb.2012.71     Document Type: Article

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