Quorum sensing in the Burkholderia cepacia complex

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 155, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 238-244

  Venturi, Vittorio ^a   Friscina, Arianna ^a   Bertani, Iris ^a   Devescovi, Giulia ^a   Aguilar, Claudio ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Burkholderia cepacia complex; Homoserine lactone; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

HOMOSERINE; LACTONE;

BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DENSITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 2442529786     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2004.01.006     Document Type: Short Survey

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