The α-hydroxyketone LAI-1 regulates motility, Lqs-dependent phosphorylation signalling and gene expression of Legionella pneumophila

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 778-793

  Schell, Ursula ^a   Simon, Sylvia ^a,b   Sahr, Tobias ^c,d   Hager, Dominik ^a   Albers, Michael F ^e   Kessler, Aline ^a   Fahrnbauer, Felix ^a   Trauner, Dirk ^a   Hedberg, Christian ^e   Buchrieser, Carmen ^c,d   Hilbi, Hubert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^d CNRS   (France)

^e UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 HYDROXYPENTADECANE 4 ONE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BACTERIAL ENZYME; KETOL; LEGIONELLA QUORUM SENSING A PROTEIN; LEGIONELLA QUORUM SENSING PROTEIN; LEGIONELLA QUORUM SENSING R PROTEIN; LEGIONELLA QUORUM SENSING S PROTEIN; LEGIONELLA QUORUM SENSING T PROTEIN; SYNTHETASE; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA; 3-HYDROXYPENTADECANE-4-ONE; 3-HYDROXYTRIDECAN-4-ONE; ALKANE; KETONE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRSA GENE; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME STABILITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE NUMBER; GROWTH CURVE; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; REGULATOR GENE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; RNA BINDING; RSMY GENE; RSMZ GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; CELL MOTION; DRUG EFFECTS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHOSPHORYLATION; QUORUM SENSING;

ALKANES; CELL MOVEMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; KETONES; LEGIONELLA PNEUMOPHILA; MOVEMENT; PHOSPHORYLATION; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84958068786     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.13265     Document Type: Article

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