A New Class of Quorum Quenching Molecules from Staphylococcus Species Affects Communication and Growth of Gram-Negative Bacteria

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 9, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Chu, Ya Yun ^a   Nega, Mulugeta ^a   Wölfle, Martina ^a   Plener, Laure ^b   Grond, Stephanie ^a   Jung, Kirsten ^b   Götz, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; N (2 PHENETHYL) UREA; N [2 (1H INDOL 3 YL)ETHYL] UREA; PRODIGIOSIN; PYOCYANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; BIOLUMINESCENCE; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL GROWTH; CELL VIABILITY; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG ISOLATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GROWTH INHIBITION; ION CYCLOTRON RESONANCE MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYLOGENETIC TREE; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; QUORUM SENSING; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN KINASES; QUORUM SENSING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; UREA;

EID: 84884684026     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1003654     Document Type: Article

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