Quorum sensing in streptococcal biofilm formation

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 3-6

  Suntharalingam, Prashanth ^a   Cvitkovitch, Dennis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; BIOSENSOR; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL INTERACTION; DNA EXTRACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC PROCEDURES; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS GORDONII; STREPTOCOCCUS INTERMEDIUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 11444263566     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2004.11.009     Document Type: Short Survey

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