Structural and functional characterization of diffusible signal factor family quorum-sensing signals produced by members of the burkholderia cepacia complex

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 76, Issue 14, 2010, Pages 4675-4683

  Deng, Yinyue ^a,b   Wu, JI'En ^a   Eberl, Leo ^c   Zhang, Lian Hui ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL CELLS; BIOFILM FORMATION; BURKHOLDERIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; BURKHOLDERIA MULTIVORANS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DIFFUSIBLE SIGNALS; FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION; MORPHOLOGICAL TRANSITIONS; QUORUM-SENSING; SUPERNATANTS; VIRULENCE FACTORS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ACIDS;

2 DODECENOIC ACID; 2-DODECENOIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MONOUNSATURATED FATTY ACID; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACTERIUM; BIOASSAY; BIOFILM; CARBON; FUNGUS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SIGNAL; VIRULENCE;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; DRUG EFFECTS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; BURKHOLDERIA MULTIVORANS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS;

EID: 77954743990     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.00480-10     Document Type: Article

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