Inhibition of virulence factor expression in Staphylococcus aureus by the Staphylococcus epidermidis agr pheromone and derivatives

FEBS Letters

Volumn 450, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 257-262

  Otto, Michael ^a   Süßmuth, Roderich ^a   Vuong, Cuong ^a   Jung, Günther ^a   Götz, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agr; Pheromone; Quorum sensing; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus epidermidis

Indexed keywords

PEPTIDE; PHEROMONE; PHEROMONE DERIVATIVE; THIOLACTONE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DRUG ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNTHESIS;

STAPHYLOCOCCI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0344915178     PISSN: 00145793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(99)00514-1     Document Type: Article

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