Quorum sensing: The power of cooperation in the world of Pseudomonas

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 459-471

  Juhas, Mario ^a   Eberl, Leo ^b   Tümmler, Burkhard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE; HOMOSERINE LACTONE;

ADAPTATION; BIOFILM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE;

EID: 15944414231     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2005.00769.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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