A Burkholderia thailandensis acyl-homoserine lactone-independent orphan LuxR homolog that activates production of the cytotoxin malleilactone

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 197, Issue 21, 2015, Pages 3456-3462

  Truong, Thao T ^a,d   Seyedsayamdost, Mohammad ^b   Greenberg, E Peter ^a   Chandler, Josephine R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^d HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOTOXIN; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; MALLEILACTONE; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LUXR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE; HOMOSERINE LACTONE; LACTONE; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BURKHOLDERIA THAILANDENSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXPRESSION VECTOR; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MANIPULATION; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; QUORUM SENSING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BURKHOLDERIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BURKHOLDERIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LACTONES; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRIMETHOPRIM;

EID: 84944626204     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00425-15     Document Type: Article

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