Autoinducer 2: A concentration-dependent signal for mutualistic bacterial biofilm growth

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 60, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1446-1456

  Rickard, Alexander H ^a   Palmer Jr , Robert J ^a   Blehert, David S ^a,c   Campagna, Shawn R ^b   Semmelhack, Martin F ^b   Egland, Paul G ^a,d   Bassler, Bonnie L ^b   Kolenbrander, Paul E ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL AND CRANIOFACIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^d AUGUSTANA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE;

ACTINOMYCES NAESLUNDII; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; BIOMASS; GENE MUTATION; INTERSPECIFIC RELATIONSHIP; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MOUTH CAVITY; MOUTH FLORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FOLDING; SALIVA; SPECIES; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS; SYMBIOSIS; TOOTH PLAQUE; WILD TYPE;

ACTINOMYCES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; HOMOSERINE; HUMANS; LACTONES; MUTATION; PENTANES; SALIVA; STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS;

ACTINOMYCES NAESLUNDII; ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS ORALIS;

EID: 33744479191     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05202.x     Document Type: Article

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