Bacterial quorum sensing: Its role in virulence and possibilities for its control

Cold Spring Harbor Perspectives in Medicine

Volumn 2, Issue 11, 2012, Pages

  Rutherford, Steven T ^a   Bassler, Bonnie L ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HOWARD HUGHES MEDICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; HEMOLYSIN; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; PHOSPHOLIPASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; TRANSFER RNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CELL DENSITY; CHOLERA; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BIOSYNTHESIS; HUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84875597802     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21571422     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/cshperspect.a012427     Document Type: Review

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