Quorum sensing by enteric pathogens

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 10-15

  Kendall, Melissa M ^a   Sperandio, Vanessa ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

AI 3; Escherichia coli; LuxS; Quorum sensing; Salmonella; Yersinia

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ADRENALIN; AMINO ACID; CYCLIC AMP BINDING PROTEIN; HOMOCYSTEINE; HOMOSERINE; METHIONINE; NORADRENALIN; PROTEIN AI 3; PROTEIN LUXR I; REGULATOR PROTEIN; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE;

BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRAIT; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PATHOGENESIS; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; SALMONELLA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YERSINIA;

ANIMALS; BACTERIA; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; QUORUM SENSING;

EID: 33845284478     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOG.0b013e3280118289     Document Type: Review

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