Is autoinducer-2 a universal signal for interspecies communication: A comparative genomic and phylogenetic analysis of the synthesis and signal transduction pathways

BMC Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 4, Issue , 2004, Pages

  Sun, Jibin ^a   Daniel, Rolf ^b   Wagner Döbler, Irene ^a   Zeng, An Ping ^a  

^a HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARCHAEA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CYANOBACTERIA; EPSILONPROTEOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA; FIRMICUTES; PROTEOBACTERIA; VIBRIO;

ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; HOMOSERINE; LACTONE; LUXS PROTEIN, BACTERIA; LYASE; METHIONINE; N-OCTANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE;

ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL GENOME; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FUNGAL GENOME; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN GENOME; METABOLISM; MOUSE; PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT GENOME; PROTEIN DATABASE; RAT; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; DATABASES, PROTEIN; GENOME; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOME, HUMAN; GENOME, PLANT; HOMOCYSTEINE; HOMOSERINE; HUMANS; LACTONES; METHIONINE; MICE; PHYLOGENY; RATS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 8744303083     PISSN: 14712148     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2148-4-36     Document Type: Article

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