A new N-Acyl homoserine lactone synthase in an uncultured symbiont of the red sea sponge Theonella swinhoei

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 1274-1285

  Britstein, Maya ^a   Devescovi, Giulia ^b   Handley, Kim M ^c,d,h   Malik, Assaf ^a   Haber, Markus ^a   Saurav, Kumar ^a   Teta, Roberta ^e   Costantino, Valeria ^e   Burgsdorf, Ilia ^a   Gilbert, Jack A ^c,d,f,g   Sher, Noa ^a   Venturi, Vittorio ^b   Steindler, Laura ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^f MARINE BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^g ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^h UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE DERIVATIVE; LIGASE; N-ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE SYNTHASE; RIBOSOME DNA; RNA 16S;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYMOLOGY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; INDIAN OCEAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SYMBIOSIS; THEONELLA;

ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; INDIAN OCEAN; LIGASES; MICROBIOTA; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SYMBIOSIS; THEONELLA;

EID: 84957900140     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.03111-15     Document Type: Article

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