title: Is autoinducer-2 a universal signal for interspecies communication: a comparative genomic and phylogenetic analysis of the synthesis and signal transduction pathways.
authors.affiliation: Department of Genome Analysis, GBF - German Research Center for Biotechnology, Braunschweig, Germany. jsu@gbf.de <jsu@gbf.de>
authors.forename: Jibin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: Rolf
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Daniel
authors.forename: Irene
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Wagner-Döbler
authors.forename: An-Ping
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Zeng
mesh_terms: D043383:Adenosylhomocysteinase / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology; D013437:Carbon-Sulfur Lyases; D030562:Databases, Protein; D016678:Genome; D016680:Genome, Bacterial; D016681:Genome, Fungal; D015894:Genome, Human; D018745:Genome, Plant; D006710:Homocysteine / Q000378:metabolism; D006714:Homoserine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007783:Lactones / Q000378:metabolism; D008715:Methionine / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D010802:Phylogeny; D051381:Rats; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D007783:Lactones; C091088:N-octanoylhomoserine lactone; D006710:Homocysteine; D006714:Homoserine; D008715:Methionine; D043383:Adenosylhomocysteinase; D013437:Carbon-Sulfur Lyases; C117753:LuxS protein, Bacteria