Peptide-based communication system enables Escherichia coli to Bacillus megaterium interspecies signaling

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 110, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 3003-3012

  Marchand, Nicholas ^a,b   Collins, Cynthia H ^a,b  

^a RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus megaterium; Cell cell communication; Escherichia coli; Microbial consortia; Synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; CELL-CELL COMMUNICATIONS; CONTROL OF GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; SYNTHETIC CONSORTIUM;

AMINO ACIDS; BACTERIA; BACTERIOLOGY; CELLS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; CYTOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MACHINERY; PEPTIDES;

COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

AUTOINDUCING PEPTIDE; PEPTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL CONSORTIUM; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; QUORUM SENSING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; CELL-CELL COMMUNICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MICROBIAL CONSORTIA; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY;

BACILLUS MEGATERIUM; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INTERCELLULAR SIGNALING PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84884535420     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.24975     Document Type: Article

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