The DSF Family of Quorum Sensing Signals: Diversity, Biosynthesis, and Turnover

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 293-303

  Zhou, Lian ^a   Zhang, Lian Hui ^b   Cámara, Miguel ^c   He, Ya Wen ^a  

^a Shanghai Jiao Tong University   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

biosynthesis; DSF; naturally occurring signal turnover; quorum sensing; Xanthomonas

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID DERIVATIVE; BRANCHED CHAIN AMINO ACID; CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; DIFFUSIBLE SIGNALING FACTOR; HYDROLYASE; LONG CHAIN FATTY ACID COENZYME A LIGASE; METHYL GROUP; RPFC PROTEIN; RPFF PROTEIN; SYNTHETASE; THIOL ESTER HYDROLASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2-DODECENOIC ACID; FATTY ACID; LAURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; LAURIC ACID METHYL ESTER; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOLOGICAL ACTIVITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL COMMUNICATION; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME METABOLISM; ENZYME REGULATION; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FATTY ACID SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RPFB GENE; XANTHOMONAS; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; CRONOBACTER; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; CRONOBACTER; FATTY ACIDS; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LAURATES; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 85008145964     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2016.11.013     Document Type: Review

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