Effects of ambroxol on alginate of mature Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms

Current Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-7

  Li, Fang ^a   Yu, Jialin ^a   Yang, Hua ^a   Wan, Zhenyan ^a   Bai, Dan ^a  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; AMBROXOL; GUANOSINE DIPHOSPHATE MANNOSE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ALGINATES; AMBROXOL; BIOFILMS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CARBOHYDRATE DEHYDROGENASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLUCURONIC ACID; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 41449087223     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-008-9142-8     Document Type: Article

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