AI-2-dependent gene regulation in <it>Staphylococcus epidermidis</it>

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Autoinducer 2 (AI-2), a widespread by-product of the LuxS-catalyzed S-ribosylhomocysteine cleavage reaction in the activated methyl cycle, has been suggested to serve as an intra- and interspecies signaling molecule, but in many bact...

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Main Authors: Sturdevant Daniel E, Vadyvaloo Viveka, Villaruz Amer E, Li Min, Otto Michael
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2008-01-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/8/4