A Lux-like Quorum Sensing System in the Extreme Acidophile Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

A Lux-like Quorum Sensing System in the Extreme Acidophile Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans

The genome of the acidophilic, proteobacterium Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans, contains linked but divergently oriented genes, termed afeI and afeR, whose predicted protein products are significantly similar to the LuxI and LuxR families of proteins. A possible promoter and Lux box are predicted ups...

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Main Authors: MARIELLA RIVAS, MICHAEL SEEGER, DAVID S HOLMES, EUGENIA JEDLICKI
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2005-01-01
Series:Biological Research
Subjects:
A. ferrooxidans
quorum-sensing
LuxI and LuxR
Lux box
homoserine lactone
Online Access:http://www.scielo.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0716-97602005000200018

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