Quorum sensing in Vibrio fischeri: elements of the luxI promoter
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In silico structural analysis of quorum sensing genes in Vibrio fischeri
Quorum sensing controls the luminescence of Vibrio fischeri through the transcriptional activator LuxR and the specific autoinducer signal produced by luxI. Amino acid sequences of these two genes were analyzed using bioinformatics tools. LuxI consists of 193 amino acids and appears to contain five α-helices and six ß-sheets when analyzed by SSpro8. LuxI belongs to the autoinducer synthetase fa...
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular Microbiology
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0950-382X,1365-2958
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01261.x