Cell-cell signaling in bacteria /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Dunny, Gary M., Winans, Stephen Carlyle
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : ASM Press, [1999]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Bacterial life: neither lonely nor boring
  • Gene transfer and microbial development
  • Quorum sensing and peptide pheromones in streptococcal competence for genetic transformation
  • Cell-density control of gene expression and development in Bacillus subtilis
  • Sex pheromone systems in Enterococci
  • Cell-density sensing during early development in Myxoccus xanthus
  • Symbioses
  • Quroum sensing in plant-associated bacteria
  • Cell density-dependent gene expression by Agrobaxterium tumefaciens during colonization of crown gall tumors
  • Regulation of pathogenicity in Staphyloccus aureus by a peptide density-sensing system
  • Quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
  • Production on antimicrobial compounds
  • The lantibiotics nisin and subtilin act as extracellulr regulators of their own biosynthesis
  • Regulation of group II peptide bacteriocin synthesis by quorum-sensing mechanisms
  • γ-butyrolactones that control secondary metabolism and cell differentiation in Streptomyces
  • Molecular basis on cell-cell signaling
  • Signal generation in autoinduction systems: synthesis of acylated nomoserine lactones by luxI-type proteins
  • Transcriptional activation by LuxR
  • Self-signaling by Phr peptides modulates Bacillus subtilis development
  • A multichannel two-component signaling relay controls quorum sensing in Vibrio
  • Past and future
  • Early observation defnining quorum-dependent gene expression
  • N-acytlhomoserine lactones and quorum sensing in proteobacteria
  • Emerging density-dependent control systems in gram-positive cocci
  • The emergent properties of quorum sensing: Consequences to bacteria of autoinducer signaling in their natural environment.