Dynamics of AHL mediated quorum sensing under flow and non-flow conditions

Physical Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Meyer, Andrea ^a,b   Megerle, Judith A ^a   Kuttler, Christina ^b   Müller, Johannes ^b   Aguilar, Claudio ^c   Eberl, Leo ^c   Hense, Burkhard A ^d   Rädler, Joachim O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

GAMMA BUTYROLACTONE DERIVATIVE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; LIGASE; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE SYNTHASE; N-ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; DOSE RESPONSE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; METABOLISM; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; QUORUM SENSING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LIGASES; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; QUORUM SENSING; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

EID: 84859567326     PISSN: 14783967     EISSN: 14783975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1478-3975/9/2/026007     Document Type: Article

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