Autoinducer-2 and QseC control biofilm formation and in vivo virulence of Aggregatibacter actinomycetemcomitans

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 78, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 2919-2926

  Novak, Elizabeth A ^a   Shao, HanJuan ^a   Daep, Carlo Amorin ^a   Demuth, Donald R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LOUISVILLE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOINDUCER 2 RECEPTOR; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN QSEBC; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ALVEOLAR BONE LOSS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROFLORA; MOUSE; MOUTH CAVITY; NONHUMAN; PERIODONTITIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ACTINOBACILLUS INFECTIONS; ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; DENTAL PLAQUE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOMOSERINE; LACTONES; MICE; PERIODONTITIS; QUORUM SENSING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 77953948752     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: 10985522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.01376-09     Document Type: Article

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