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- noun biochemistry The
amino acid 2-amino-4-hydroxybutanoic acid that is an intermediate in thebiosynthesis ofmethionine ,threonine andisoleucine
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Examples
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To communicate with its brethren, it uses a molecule called acyl-homoserine lactone, or AHL.
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N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) was detected in the high biofilm-producing isolates.
Elites TV PLoS ONE 2010
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E. coli genomes, including in K-12 where they were shown to be involved in repression of homoserine lactone synthesis.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Zhemin Zhou et al. 2010
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N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) for the coordination of gene expression.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Chakrit Sawasdidoln et al. 2010
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Geisenberger O, Givskov M, Riedel K, Høiby N, Tummler B, et al. (2000) Production of N-acyl-L-homoserine lactones by P. aeruginosa isolates from chronic lung infections associated with cystic fibrosis.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Thomas Bjarnsholt et al. 2010
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N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) was detected in the high biofilm-producing isolates.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Chakrit Sawasdidoln et al. 2010
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N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) was detected in the high biofilm-producing isolates.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Chakrit Sawasdidoln et al. 2010
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N-acyl homoserine lactones (ALHs) to coordinate this behaviour - an early hint that bacteria are a talkative bunch.
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N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) for the coordination of gene expression.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Chakrit Sawasdidoln et al. 2010
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N-acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) was detected in the high biofilm-producing isolates.
Elites TV 2010
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