Recent progresses on AI-2 bacterial quorum sensing inhibitors

Current Medicinal Chemistry

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 174-186

  Zhu, Peng ^a   Li, Minyong ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

AI 2; Bacteria; Inhibitors; LuxP; LuxS; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

5' METHYLTHIOADENOSINE; ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CINNAMALDEHYDE; CINNAMALDEHYDE DERIVATIVE; FURANONE DERIVATIVE; KM 03009; LINOLEIC ACID; OLEIC ACID; PALMITIC ACID; PHENOTHIAZINE; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; SPB 02229; STEARIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOFILM; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL MOTILITY; COMPETITIVE INHIBITION; CONJUGATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IC 50; NONHUMAN; OLIGOMERIZATION; PHAGE DISPLAY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN TARGETING; QUORUM SENSING; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SPOROGENESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

EID: 84863292852     PISSN: 09298673     EISSN: 1875533X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/092986712803414187     Document Type: Article

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