Membrane vesicles traffic signals and facilitate group activities in a prokaryote

Nature

Volumn 437, Issue 7057, 2005, Pages 422-425

  Mashburn, Lauren M ^a,b   Whiteley, Marvin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES; CELLS; HYDROPHOBICITY;

BACTERIAL POPULATION; MEMBRANE VESICLES TRAFFIC SIGNALS; PROKARYOTES; QUORUM SENSING;

BACTERIA;

2 HEPTYL 3 HYDROXY 4 QUINOLONE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2-HEPTYL-3-HYDROXY-4-QUINOLONE;

BACTERIUM;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL POPULATION; GENE CONTROL; HYDROPHOBICITY; MEMBRANE VESICLE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; CHEMISTRY; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; SECRETORY VESICLE; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUINOLONES; SECRETORY VESICLES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 25144456544     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: 14764687     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nature03925     Document Type: Article

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