Farnesol, a common sesquiterpene, inhibits PQS production in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 896-906

  Cugini, Carla ^a   Calfee, M Worth ^b   Farrow III, John M ^b   Morales, Diana K ^a   Pesci, Everett C ^b   Hogan, Deborah A ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; FARNESOL; ISOPRENOID; LYSR PROTEIN; PQSA PROTEIN; PQSR PROTEIN; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE; PYOCYANINE; QUINOLONE; SESQUITERPENE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BINDING SITE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DRUG INHIBITION; DRUG MANUFACTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGUS; FUNGUS GROWTH; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; ELECTROPHORETIC MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FARNESOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PYOCYANINE; QUINOLONES; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGI; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 34547697812     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.05840.x     Document Type: Article

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