Acyl-homoserine lactone recognition and response hindering the quorum-sensing regulator EsaR

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2014, Pages

  Schu, Daniel J ^a   Scruggs, Jessica M ^a   Geissinger, Jared S ^a   Michel, Katherine G ^a   Stevens, Ann M ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ESAR PROTEIN; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LUXR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE DERIVATIVE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ACCURACY; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANISOTROPY; ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; CELL DENSITY; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE ANISOTROPY; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; QUORUM SENSING; SCREENING TEST; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PANTOEA; PHYSIOLOGY;

ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PANTOEA; QUORUM SENSING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84907187701     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0107687     Document Type: Article

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