Quenching the quorum sensing system: Potential antibacterial drug targets

Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 121-140

  Kalia, Vipin Chandra ^a   Purohit, Hemant J ^b  

^a CSIR INSTITUTE OF GENOMICS AND INTEGRATIVE BIOLOGY   (India)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Bacillus; enzymes; pathogens; signal; virulence

Indexed keywords

1,4 BENZOQUINONE; 2,4,5 TRIBROMOIMIDAZOLE; 3 BROMO 5 (BROMOMETHYLENE)FURAN 2(5H) ONE; 3 NITROBENZENE SULPHONE; 4 BROMO 5 (BROMOMETHYLENE) 3 BUTYL 2(5H FURANONE); 4 NITROPYRIDINE 1 OXIDE; 5 (BROMOMETHYLENE)FURAN 2(5H) ONE; 8 ADENOSYL CYSTEINE; [N (2 OXOCYCLOHEXYL) 3 OXODODECANAMIDE)]; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZITHROMYCIN; CARBAPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; FURANONE DERIVATIVE; HAMAMELITANNIN; IMIPENEM; INDOLE; LED 209; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY RS2 1G9; N PHENYL 4 [(PHENYLAMINO)THIOXOMETHYL]AMINO]BENZENE SULFONAMIDE; N PHENYL 4 [[(PHENYLAMINO)THIOXOMETHYL]AMINO]BENZENESULFONAMIDE; PHENAZINE; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; SINEFUNGIN; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; VIOLACEIN; VIRSTATIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOLUMINESCENCE; DRUG MANUFACTURE; DRUG SCREENING; DRUG TARGETING; HUMAN; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; RHIZOSPHERE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; QUORUM SENSING; VIRULENCE;

EID: 79953839924     PISSN: 1040841X     EISSN: 15497828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/1040841X.2010.532479     Document Type: Review

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