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Yi Han Lin0
Jin Ling Xu0
Lian Hui Zhang0
Date of Patent
August 29, 2006
0Patent Application Number
105023510
Date Filed
January 23, 2002
0Patent Primary Examiner
Patent abstract
This invention provides a gene, qsbA, which encodes a protein useful for inactivating certain bacterial quorum-sensing signal molecules (N-acyl homoserine lactones) which participate in bacterial virulence and biofilm differentiation pathways. This gene was isolated from Ralstonia sp., strain XJ12B. The invention also provides the QsbA protein, which possesses N-acyl homoserine lactone inactivating activity.
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