Encapsulated fusion protein confers "sense and respond" activity to chitosan-alginate capsules to manipulate bacterial quorum sensing

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 552-562

  Gupta, Apoorv ^a,b   Terrell, Jessica L ^a,c   Fernandes, Rohan ^a   Dowling, Matthew B ^a   Payne, Gregory F ^a,c   Raghavan, Srinivasa R ^a   Bentley, William E ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b University of Maryland   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Alginate; Artificial cell; Autoinducer 2; Bacteria; Biopolymer; Capsules; Chitosan; Nanofactory; Polysaccharide; Quorum sensing; S adenosylhomocysteine

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL CELL; AUTOINDUCER-2; CAPSULES; NANOFACTORIES; QUORUM-SENSING; S-ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE;

ALGINATE; BACTERIA; BIOMOLECULES; BIOPOLYMERS; CHITOSAN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MOLECULES; POLYSACCHARIDES;

ENCAPSULATION;

ALGINIC ACID; AUTOINDUCER 2 PROTEIN; CHITOSAN; HYBRID PROTEIN; PROTEIN; TRIPOLYPHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DIFFUSION; ENCAPSULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; QUORUM SENSING;

ALGINATES; ANIMALS; ANTIBODIES; BIOENGINEERING; CATTLE; CHITOSAN; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GLUCURONIC ACID; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; HEXURONIC ACIDS; HOMOSERINE; LACTONES; NANOCAPSULES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; POLYPHOSPHATES; QUORUM SENSING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; S-ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; SERUM ALBUMIN, BOVINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84871827324     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.24711     Document Type: Article

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