Rgg-Associated SHP Signaling Peptides Mediate Cross-Talk in Streptococci

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Fleuchot, Betty ^a,b   Guillot, Alain ^a   Mézange, Christine ^a   Besset, Colette ^a   Chambellon, Emilie ^a   Monnet, Véronique ^a   Gardan, Rozenn ^a  

^a UMR1319 MICALIS   (France)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHEROMONE; PROTEIN RGG; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SHORT HYDROPHOBIC PEPTIDE; SIGNAL PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CELL COMMUNICATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUORUM SENSING; RGG GENE; SHP GENE; STREPTOCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PEPTIDES; PHEROMONES; QUORUM SENSING; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 84878915972     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066042     Document Type: Article

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