Direct detection of N-acylhomoserine lactones in cystic fibrosis sputum

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 1-7

  Middleton, Barry ^a   Rodgers, Helen C ^b   Cámara, Miguel ^a   Knox, Alan J ^b   Williams, Paul ^a   Hardman, Andrea ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burkholderia cepacia; Cystic fibrosis; N Acylhomoserine lactone; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

LACTONE DERIVATIVE; N (3 OXODODECANOYL)HOMOSERINE LACTONE; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; N HEXANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BIOSENSOR; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SPUTUM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTIONS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPUTUM;

BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0037154426     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(01)00556-0     Document Type: Article

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