Affiliation:
1. Bacteriology Group, International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 34012 Trieste, Italy
Abstract
ABSTRACT
Quorum sensing is a regulatory mechanism (operating in response to cell density) which in gram-negative bacteria usually involves the production of
N
-acyl homoserine lactones (HSL). Quorum sensing in
Burkholderia cepacia
has been associated with the regulation of expression of extracellular proteins and siderophores and also with the regulation of swarming and biofilm formation. In the present study, several quorum-sensing-controlled gene promoters of
B. cepacia
ATCC 25416 were identified and characterized. A total of 28 putative gene promoters show CepR-C
8
-HSL-dependent expression, suggesting that quorum sensing in
B. cepacia
is a global regulatory system.
Publisher
American Society for Microbiology
Subject
Molecular Biology,Microbiology
Cited by
40 articles.
订阅此论文施引文献
订阅此论文施引文献，注册后可以免费订阅5篇论文的施引文献，订阅后可以查看论文全部施引文献