Interference of bacterial cell-to-cell communication: A new concept of antimicrobial chemotherapy breaks antibiotic resistance

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue MAY, 2013, Pages

  Hirakawa, Hidetada ^a   Tomita, Haruyoshi ^b  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antagonist; Antibiotic resistance; Autoinducer; Homoserine lactone; Inhibitor; Quorum sensing; Virulence control

Indexed keywords

5' METHYLTHIOADENOSINE; ACYL CARRIER PROTEIN; ALKALINE PROTEINASE; AMINO ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ARYLDIALKYLPHOSPHATASE; ARYLDIALKYLPHOSPHATASE 1; ARYLDIALKYLPHOSPHATASE 2; ARYLDIALKYLPHOSPHATASE 3; ARYLSULFATASE; ELASTASE; EXOTOXIN; EXOTOXIN A; HYDROXYACYLGLUTATHIONE HYDROLASE; LATERAL SUPPRESSOR RECEPTOR; LECTIN; LUX I RECEPTOR; LUX R RECEPTOR; MACROLIDE; MESSENGER RNA; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; PHOSPHOTRIESTERASE; PYOCYANINE; RECEPTOR; RHAMNOLIPID; S ADENOSYLHOMOCYSTEINE; SMALL INTERFERING RNA; SUPEROXIDE DISMUTASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DENSITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GENE; HYDROGEN BOND; MARINE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 84884222152     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2013.00114     Document Type: Review

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