Screening for quorum-sensing inhibitors (QSI) by use of a novel genetic system, the QSI selector

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1799-1814

  Rasmussen, Thomas Bovbjerg ^a   Bjarnsholt, Thomas ^a   Skindersoe, Mette Elena ^a   Hentzer, Morten ^b   Kristoffersen, Peter ^a   Köte, Manuela ^c   Nielsen, John ^d   Eberl, Leo ^c,e   Givskov, Michael ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b CARLSBERG LABORATORY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 NITROPYRIDINE 1 OXIDE; GARLIC EXTRACT; PYRIDINE DERIVATIVE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRANSCRIPTOME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TARGETING; GROWTH INHIBITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCREENING TEST;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BIOFILMS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOWN-REGULATION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GARLIC; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLANT EXTRACTS; PLANTS, MEDICINAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 14244267487     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.5.1799-1814.2005     Document Type: Article

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