Quorum sensing and virulence of pseudomonas aeruginosa during urinary tract infections

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 501-507

  Yagci, Ayşegül Karahasan ^a   Senturk, Sezgi ^a   Ulusoy, Seyhan ^b   Bosgelmez Tinaz, Gulgun ^a,b  

^a MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

P. aeruginosa; Quorum sensing; Virulence factors

Indexed keywords

AGAR; ELASTASE; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; BIOSENSOR; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POINT MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; QUORUM SENSING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84862652357     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.2543     Document Type: Article

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