Molecular mechanisms of bacterial quorum sensing as a new drug target

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 586-591

  Suga, Hiroaki ^a   Smith, Kristina M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 BROMO 3 BUTYL 5 (DIBROMOMETHYLENE) 2(5H) FURANONE; 4 BROMO 5 (BROMOMETHYLENE) 3 BUTYL 2(5H) FURANONE; FURANONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GENOME; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; DRUG TARGETING; ERWINIA; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DENSITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO FISCHERI; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

AGROBACTERIUM; AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; ERWINIA; PHOTOBACTERIUM; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; VIBRIO FISCHERI; YERSINIA; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

EID: 0142138251     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cbpa.2003.08.001     Document Type: Review

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