Quorum sensing inhibitors: A patent review

Expert Opinion on Therapeutic Patents

Volumn 23, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 867-894

  Jiang, Tianyu ^a   Li, Minyong ^a  

^a SHANDONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acyl homoserine lactones; Antibacterial; Autoinducer peptides; Autoinducer 2; Biofilm; Inhibitor; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; CHLOROACETAMIDE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ELLAGITANNIN; GENTAMICIN; GLUCONOLACTONASE; HAPTEN; HOMOSERINE; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID; ISOTHIOCYANIC ACID DERIVATIVE; NEUTRALIZING ANTIBODY; NORADRENALIN; OLIGOPEPTIDE; PIPERACILLIN; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; S ADENOSYLMETHIONINE; TOBRAMYCIN; TOXIC SHOCK SYNDROME TOXIN 1;

ACTINOMYCES NAESLUNDII; ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BACILLUS ANTHRACIS; BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; PATENT; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; RHIZOBIUM RADIOBACTER; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO FISCHERI; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CELL COMMUNICATION; DRUG DESIGN; DRUG TOLERANCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR TARGETED THERAPY; PATENTS AS TOPIC; QUORUM SENSING;

EID: 84879373701     PISSN: 13543776     EISSN: 17447674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1517/13543776.2013.779674     Document Type: Review

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