Novel reporter for identification of interference with Acyl homoserine lactone and autoinducer-2 quorum sensing

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1477-1489

  Weiland Bräuer, Nancy ^a   Pinnow, Nicole ^a   Schmitz, Ruth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESTERS; MOLECULES; PROTEINS;

ACYL HOMOSERINE LACTONES; AUTOINDUCER-2 (AI-2); BACTERIAL COMMUNICATIONS; HOMOSERINE LACTONES; INTERFERING COMPOUNDS; OPEN READING FRAME; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS SP; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

GENE ENCODING;

FECAL COLIFORM; GENE EXPRESSION; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PROTEIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PHOTOBACTERIUM SP.; PSEUDOALTEROMONAS SP.; VIBRIO FISCHERI; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE; HOMOSERINE; HOMOSERINE LACTONE; LACTONE; N-OCTANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BACTERIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; INVERTEBRATE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUORUM SENSING; REPORTER GENE; SEAWEED;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; ANIMALS; BACTERIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENES, REPORTER; HOMOSERINE; INVERTEBRATES; LACTONES; QUORUM SENSING; SEAWEED;

EID: 84922032915     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03290-14     Document Type: Article

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