Biofilm formation and acyl homoserine lactone production in the Burkholderia cepacia complex

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 20, 2002, Pages 5678-5685

  Conway, Barbara Ann D ^a   Venu, Vicnays ^a   Speert, David P ^a  

^a CHILDREN S AND WOMEN S HEALTH CENTRE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HOMOSERINE; LACTONE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; GENE CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BIOFILMS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; CULTURE MEDIA; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; POLYPROPYLENES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; LURIA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0036786820     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.20.5678-5685.2002     Document Type: Article

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