Title: | A new bacterial chemical signal: mapping the chemical space used for communication |
Address: | "Institut fur Organische Chemie, Technische Universitat Braunschweig, Hagenring 30, 38106 Braunschweig (Germany). stefan.schulz@tu-bs.de" |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1439-7633 (Electronic) 1439-4227 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "Sticking together: genetic information, bioassays and chemical characterisation have revealed that photopyrones produced by insect pathogenic Photorabdus bacteria are new bacterial signalling compounds. They induce cell clumping behaviour in the bacterium" |
Keywords: | 4-Butyrolactone/analogs & derivatives/biosynthesis/chemistry Bacteria/*metabolism Bacterial Proteins/metabolism Pheromones/biosynthesis/chemistry Photorhabdus/metabolism Quorum Sensing *Signal Transduction Transcription Factors/metabolism LuxR Photorhabdu; |
Notes: | "MedlineSchulz, Stefan eng Germany 2014/01/18 Chembiochem. 2014 Mar 3; 15(4):498-500. doi: 10.1002/cbic.201300758. Epub 2014 Jan 16" |