Evolved Quorum Sensing Regulator, LsrR, for Altered Switching Functions

ACS Synthetic Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 210-219

  Adams, Bryn L ^b,d   Carter, Karen K ^b   Guo, Min ^c   Wu, Hsuan Chen ^b   Tsao, Chen Yu ^a,b   Sintim, Herman O ^c   Valdes, James J ^d   Bentley, William E ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^c Bldg 142   (United States)

^d EDGEWOOD CHEMICAL BIOLOGICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AI 2; biosensor; cell to cell communication; directed evolution; LsrR; quorum sensing; switch

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LSRR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; LSRR PROTEIN, E COLI; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL COMMUNICATION; COCULTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE STRUCTURE; GENE TARGETING; MOLECULAR DOCKING; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; DIRECTED MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; QUORUM SENSING; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84899012810     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21615063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sb400068z     Document Type: Article

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