Quorum sensing: The complexities of chemical communication between bacteria

Complexus

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 87-101

  Barnard, Anne M L ^a   Salmond, George P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial communication; Bacterial signalling; Cell density dependent regulation; Gene regulation; LuxI; LuxR; N Acyl homoserine lactone; Pheromone; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BUTYROLACTONE; CYCLOPEPTIDE; FURANONE DERIVATIVE; HALIDE; HOMOSERINE; LACTONE; PIPERAZINEDIONE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; THIOLACTONE;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CELL DENSITY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DNA BINDING; DRUG INHIBITION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ERWINIA; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; LUNG INFECTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; SERRATIA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO FISCHERI; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 33748422518     PISSN: 14248492     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089986     Document Type: Review

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