Candida albicans-produced farnesol stimulates Pseudomonas quinolone signal production in LasR-defective Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains

Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3096-3107

  Cugini, Carla ^a   Morales, Diana K ^a   Hogan, Deborah A ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; FARNESOL; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PHENAZINE; QUINOLONE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOSYNTHESIS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COCULTURE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; LUNG; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PNEUMONIA; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CANDIDA ALBICANS; COCULTURE TECHNIQUES; FARNESOL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENAZINES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PYOCYANINE; QUINOLONES; QUORUM SENSING; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

CANDIDA ALBICANS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 77957882516     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.037911-0     Document Type: Article

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