Acyl-homoserine lactone quorum sensing in the Roseobacter clade

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 654-669

  Zan, Jindong ^a,b   Liu, Yue ^b   Fuqua, Clay ^c   Hill, Russell T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dinoroseobacter; Luxi homologue; Phaeobacter; Quorum sensing; Ruegeria; Signaling; Symbiont

Indexed keywords

ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; CHEMOTAXIS ACTIVATOR; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; PARA COUMARIC ACID; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LUXR; VIRULENCE FACTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE DERIVATIVE; LUXI PROTEIN, BACTERIA; LUXR AUTOINDUCER BINDING PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ACETYLATOR PHENOTYPE; ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BIOFILM; BIOINFORMATICS; BIOLUMINESCENCE; DINOFLAGELLATE; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PFIESTERIA; PICOPLANKTON; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; ROSEOBACTER; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SYMBIOSIS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; ANIMAL; BIOLOGY; CHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SPONGE (PORIFERA);

ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; DINOFLAGELLIDA; PORIFERA; QUORUM SENSING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; ROSEOBACTER; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84891853929     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms15010654     Document Type: Review

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