Sensing new chemicals with bacterial transcription factors

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 33, Issue , 2016, Pages 105-112

  Libis, Vincent ^a,b   Delépine, Baudoin ^a,b   Faulon, Jean Loup ^a,b,c  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLBENZOIC ACID; TISSUE FACTOR PATHWAY INHIBITOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ALLOSTERISM; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIUM; BIOSENSOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; NONHUMAN; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; GENETIC PROCEDURES; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIA; BIOSENSING TECHNIQUES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84979523668     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: 18790364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mib.2016.07.006     Document Type: Review

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