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luxS and arcB control aerobic growth of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans under iron limitation.
Infection and immunity - 1 Jan 2003
Fong Karen P, Gao Ling, Demuth Donald R
Abstract excerpt
LuxS is responsible for the production of autoinducer 2 (AI-2), which functions in Vibrio harveyi as a quorum-sensing signal that controls the cell density-dependent expression of the lux operon. In nonluminescent organisms, the physiologic role of AI-2 is not clear. We report that inactivation of luxS in Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans JP2 results in reduced growth of the mutant, but not the wild-type...
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