Are you talking to me? A possible role for γ-butyrolactones in interspecies signalling

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 94, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 483-485

  Nodwell, Justin R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE; JADOMYCIN; SCB3; SVB1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ISOQUINOLINE DERIVATIVE; JADOMYCIN A; NAPHTHOQUINONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANTIBIOTIC BIOSYNTHESIS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SECONDARY METABOLISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOIL MICROFLORA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STREPTOMYCES; STREPTOMYCES COELICOLOR; STREPTOMYCES VENEZUELAE; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; METABOLISM;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; ISOQUINOLINES; NAPHTHOQUINONES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STREPTOMYCES; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84912021435     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12787     Document Type: Article

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