Quorum sensing in Serratia

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 407-424

  Van Houdt, Rob ^a   Givskov, Michael ^b   Michiels, Chris W ^c  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Antibiotica; Biofilm; Cell cell communication; Fermentation; Prodigiosin; Swarming

Indexed keywords

1 CARBA 2 PENEM 3 CARBOXYLIC ACID; ACYLATED HOMOSERINE LACTONE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BUTANEDIOL; CARBAPENEM; CEPHALOSPORIN; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; PRODIGIOSIN; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; SYNTHETASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR LUXR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BIOFILM; CELL MOTILITY; DRUG SYNTHESIS; FERMENTATION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMOSERINE; HUMANS; LACTONES; QUORUM SENSING; SERRATIA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

NEGIBACTERIA; SERRATIA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 34250340118     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: 15746976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6976.2007.00071.x     Document Type: Review

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