The CepIR quorum-sensing system contributes to the virulence of Burkholderia cenocepacia respiratory infections

Microbiology

Volumn 149, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 3649-3658

  Sokol, P A ^a   Sajjan, U ^b   Visser, M B ^a   Gingues, S ^a   Forstner, J ^b   Kooi, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INTERLEUKIN 1BETA; INTERLEUKIN 6; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; MACROPHAGE INFLAMMATORY PROTEIN 2; METALLOPROTEINASE; N ACYL HOMOSERINE LACTONE; N ACYL HOMOSERINE LACTOSE SYNTHASE; N HEXANOYL HOMOSERINE LACTONE; N OCTANYL HOMOSERINE LACTONE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SYNTHETASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXPERIMENTAL INFECTION; GENE CONTROL; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; LUNG HOMOGENATE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NOSE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; RAT; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; MURINAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0348143171     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.26540-0     Document Type: Article

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