Quorum sensing systems influence Burkholderia cenocepacia virulence

Future Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1373-1387

  Subramoni, Sujatha ^a   Sokol, Pamela A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

BDSF; biofilms; Burkholderia cenocepacia; CciR; CepR; cystic fibrosis; infection models; N acyl homoserine lactone; quorum sensing; virulence

Indexed keywords

ACYL COENZYME A DEHYDROGENASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHAPERONE; METALLOPROTEINASE; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; OXIDOREDUCTASE; PROTEIN BDSF; PROTEIN CCIIR; PROTEIN CEPIR; PROTEIN CEPR2; PROTEIN RPFF; RECEPTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNSPECIFIC MONOOXYGENASE;

BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL PLANT DISEASE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA INFECTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; REGULON; REVIEW; TYPE III SECRETION SYSTEM; TYPE IV SECRETION SYSTEM; VERTEBRATE;

ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLYCOLIPIDS; METABOLIC NETWORKS AND PATHWAYS; QUORUM SENSING; REGULON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 84871003849     PISSN: 17460913     EISSN: 17460921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2217/fmb.12.118     Document Type: Review

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