Molecular characterization and transcription of the luxS gene that encodes LuxS autoinducer 2 synthase in Streptococcus bovis

Current Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 366-371

  Asanuma, Narito ^a   Yoshii, Takahiro ^a   Hino, Tsuneo ^a  

^a MEIJI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; GLUCOSE; MESSENGER RNA; SYNTHETASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CELL DENSITY; CELL FUNCTION; CELL METABOLISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOMOSERINE; LACTONES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS BOVIS;

EID: 8644279511     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-004-4356-x     Document Type: Article

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