N-acylhomoserine lactones antagonize virulence gene expression and quorum sensing in Staphylococcus aureus

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 910-919

  Qazi, Saara ^a   Middleton, Barry ^a,b   Muharram, Siti Hanna ^a   Cockayne, Alan ^a   Hill, Philip ^a   O'Shea, Paul ^a   Chhabra, Siri Ram ^a   Cámara, Miguel ^a   Williams, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b ITI Life Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXOTOXIN; FIBRONECTIN BINDING PROTEIN; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; N (3 OXODODECANOYL)HOMOSERINE LACTONE; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; PROTEIN A; PROTEIN AGRB; PROTEIN AGRC; PROTEIN AGRD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DIPOLE; DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH INHIBITION; LUX GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; QUORUM SENSING; REPORTER GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SUPERNATANT; VIRULENCE GENE;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; DOWN-REGULATION; EXOTOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMOSERINE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 31844433095     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.74.2.910-919.2006     Document Type: Article

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