Stimulation of bacterial growth by heat-stable, norepinephrine-induced autoinducers

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-60

  Freestone, Primrose P E ^a   Haigh, Richard D ^a   Williams, Peter H ^a   Lyte, Mark ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MINNEAPOLIS MEDICAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^c MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY MANKATO   (United States)

Author keywords

Autoinducer; Bacterial growth; Cross species; Norepinephrine

Indexed keywords

NORADRENALIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH STIMULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; NOREPINEPHRINE;

EID: 0033065173     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00007-5     Document Type: Article

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