Effect of Licochalcone A on Growth and Properties of Streptococcus suis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2013, Pages

  Hao, Huaijie ^a,b   Hui, Wenjia ^a,c   Liu, Peng ^a   Lv, Qingyu ^a   Zeng, Xiaotao ^a   jiang, Hua ^a   Wang, Yanzi ^a,d   Zheng, Xin ^a,c   Zheng, Yuling ^a   Li, Jianchun ^c   Zhou, Xuyu ^b   Jiang, Yongqiang ^a  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY AND EPIDEMIOLOGY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF MICROBIOLOGY   (China)

^c SHENYANG PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Jiangsu Provincial Xuzhou Pharmaceutical Vocational College   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL VIOLET; HEMOLYSIN; LICOCHALCONE A; SUILYSIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SECRETION SYSTEM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DIVISION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; DNA REPLICATION; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG TARGETING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE FUNCTION; GROWTH INHIBITION; HEMOLYSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; SEROTYPE; SLY GENE; STAINING; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; UPREGULATION;

BIOFILMS; CHALCONES; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HEMOLYSIS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS;

EID: 84880762418     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0067728     Document Type: Article

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