The Aeromonas hydrophila LuxR homologue AhyR regulates the N-acyl homoserine lactone synthase, AhyI positively and negatively in a growth phase-dependent manner

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 241, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 109-117

  Kirke, David F ^a   Swift, Simon ^a   Lynch, Martin J ^a   Williams, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; LACTONE; MALTOSE BINDING PROTEIN; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE SYNTHASE; N BUTANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; SPACER DNA; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INDUCTION; PURIFICATION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SUPERNATANT; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION SITE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WESTERN BLOTTING;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BINDING SITES; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

AEROMONAS; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AMPHIBIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 8844283370     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.10.011     Document Type: Article

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