Determinants governing ligand specificity of the Vibrio harveyi LuxN quorum-sensing receptor

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 127-142

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

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO HARVEYI;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE; HISTIDINE; HOMOSERINE LACTONE; LEUCINE; LUXN PROTEIN, VIBRIO HARVEYI; PROTEIN KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BINDING SITE; CHEMISTRY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; HISTIDINE; LEUCINE; PROTEIN KINASES; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO;

EID: 84919362818     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12852     Document Type: Article

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