AI-2-dependent gene regulation in Staphylococcus epidermidis
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- 8 January 2008
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in BMC Microbiology
- Vol. 8 (1) , 4
- https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2180-8-4
Abstract
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 bacteria AI-2 control of gene expression is not completely understood. Particularly, we have a lack of knowledge about AI-2 signaling in the important human pathogens Staphylococcus aureus and S. epidermidis.Keywords
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