Intercellular communication in bacteria

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 69-80

  Antunes, L Caetano M ^a   Ferreira, Rosana B R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Autoinducers; Bacterial signaling; Intercellular communication; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

BORIC ACID; KETOL; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE;

BACTERIUM; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL INTERACTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPATIBILITY; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HUMAN; LIGHT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA; SYMBIOSIS; VIBRIO FISCHERI; VIBRIO HARVEYI; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HOST-PATHOGEN INTERACTIONS; HUMANS; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 67651176039     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: 15497828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10408410902733946     Document Type: Review

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