Molecular eavesdropping: Phagocytic cells spy on bacterial communication

Journal of Leukocyte Biology

Volumn 91, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 3-5

  Hänsch, Gertrud M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Autoinducers; Bacterial biofilms; Chemotaxis; Host defense; Quorum sensing molecules

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CALCIUM; GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE DERIVATIVE;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CELL COMMUNICATION; CHEMOTAXIS; EDITORIAL; HOST PATHOGEN INTERACTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHAGOCYTOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; ACTIN FILAMENT; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CYTOLOGY; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; NEUTROPHIL; NEUTROPHIL CHEMOTAXIS; NOTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ACTIN CYTOSKELETON; ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; CALCIUM; CALCIUM SIGNALING; CHEMOTAXIS, LEUKOCYTE; HUMANS; NEUTROPHILS;

EID: 84855311084     PISSN: 07415400     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1189/jlb.0711358     Document Type: Editorial

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