Quorum sensing inhibitors: How strong is the evidence?

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 619-624

  Defoirdt, Tom ^a   Brackman, Gilles ^a   Coenye, Tom ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Quorum quenching; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; CATALASE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; KANAMYCIN; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; PYROGALLOL; QUORUM SENSING INHIBITOR; REPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BIOLUMINESCENCE; BIOSENSOR; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL DEATH; DOWN REGULATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE PRODUCT; GROWTH INHIBITION; INCUBATION TEMPERATURE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO HARVEYI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

QUORUM QUENCHING; QUORUM SENSING;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; HUMANS; QUORUM SENSING;

EID: 84888859763     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2013.09.006     Document Type: Review

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