CqsA-CqsS quorum-sensing signal-receptor specificity in Photobacterium angustum

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 91, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 821-833

  Ke, Xiaobo ^a   Miller, Laura C ^a   Ng, Wai Leung ^b   Bassler, Bonnie L ^a,c  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PHEROMONE;

ENZYME SPECIFICITY; METABOLISM; PHOTOBACTERIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; QUORUM SENSING;

MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PHEROMONES; PHOTOBACTERIUM; QUORUM SENSING; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84893784609     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12502     Document Type: Article

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