Novel approaches to bacterial infection therapy by interfering with cell-to-cell signaling

Current Protocols in Microbiology

Volumn , Issue SUPPL. 12, 2009, Pages

  Rasko, David A ^a   Sperandio, Vanessa ^a  

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

Author keywords

Autoinducer; Cell to cell signaling; Escherichia coli; Inhibitor; Virulence

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL INTERACTION; DRUG TARGETING; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; HIGH THROUGHPUT SCREENING; IMMUNE RESPONSE; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 61349152519     PISSN: 19348525     EISSN: 19348533     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/9780471729259.mc1703s12     Document Type: Review

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