Qualitative and Quantitative Determination of Quorum Sensing Inhibition In Vitro

Methods in Molecular Biology

Volumn 692, Issue , 2011, Pages 253-263

  Jakobsen, Tim Holm ^a   van Gennip, Maria ^a   Christensen, Louise Dahl ^a   Bjarnsholt, Thomas ^a,b   Givskov, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Confocal Scanning Laser Microscopy; DNA microarray; Halogenated furanones; In vitro continuous culture biofilm flow cell system; QSI monitor screen; Quorum sensing inhibitor

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL LASER SCANNING MICROSCOPY; CONTINUOUS CULTURE; DNA MICROARRAY; FLUORESCENCE; HALOGENATION; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MICROARRAY ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUORUM QUENCHING; QUORUM SENSING; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LASR PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RHLR PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CULTURE TECHNIQUES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENES, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 79952201063     PISSN: 10643745     EISSN: 19406029     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-60761-971-0_18     Document Type: Chapter

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