Bacterial cell-to-cell signaling in the gastrointestinal tract

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 3197-3209

  Kaper, James B ^a,b   Sperandio, Vanessa ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b University of Maryland School of Medicine Center for Vaccine Development   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ADRENALIN; BACTERIAL RNA; CHOLERA TOXIN; CLOSTRIDIUM TOXIN; COMPLEMENT; CYTOLYSIN; GELATINASE; HEMOLYSIN; NORADRENALIN; PROTEINASE; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; SERINE PROTEINASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL MOTILITY; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; COMMENSALISM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; INTESTINE CELL; INTESTINE FLORA; LSR GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; QUORUM SENSING; SALMONELLA; SDIA GENE; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; SHORT SURVEY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; YERSINIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HOMOSERINE; HUMANS; LACTONES; SALMONELLA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 19744374524     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.6.3197-3209.2005     Document Type: Short Survey

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