Quorum sensing and signal interference: Diverse implications

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1563-1571

  Zhang, Lian Hui ^a,b   Dong, Yi Hu ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME;

ADAPTATION; BIOFILM; CELL COMMUNICATION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; GENETIC REGULATION; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROFLORA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; RESEARCH; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL DETECTION; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGY; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CELL COMMUNICATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 4644227796     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04234.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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