Identification of a key amino acid of LuxS involved in AI-2 production in Campylobacter jejuni.

Autoinducer-2 (AI-2) mediated quorum sensing has been associated with the expression of virulence factors in a number of pathogenic organisms and has been demonstrated to play a role in motility and cytolethal distending toxin (cdt) production in Campylobacter jejuni. We have initiated the work to d...

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Main Authors: Paul Plummer, Jinge Zhu, Masato Akiba, Dehua Pei, Qijing Zhang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3019222?pdf=render