title: A new bacterial chemical signal: mapping the chemical space used for communication.
abstract: Sticking together: genetic information, bioassays and chemical characterisation have revealed that photopyrones produced by insect pathogenic Photorabdus bacteria are new bacterial signalling compounds. They induce cell clumping behaviour in the bacterium.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Organische Chemie, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Hagenring 30, 38106 Braunschweig (Germany). stefan.schulz@tu-bs.de.
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Schulz
mesh_terms: D015107:4-Butyrolactone / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D010675:Pheromones / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000737:chemistry; D020637:Photorhabdus / Q000378:metabolism; D053038:Quorum Sensing; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; C085427:LuxI protein, Bacteria; D010675:Pheromones; D014157:Transcription Factors; C088386:homoserine lactone; D015107:4-Butyrolactone
keywords: LuxR; Photorhabdus; pheromones; photopyrones; quorum sensing; signal transduction