Quorum sensing and self-quorum quenching in the intracellular pathogen brucellamelitensis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Terwagne, Matthieu ^a   Mirabella, Aurélie ^a   Lemaire, Julien ^a   Deschamps, Chantal ^a,b   De Bolle, Xavier ^a   Letesson, Jean Jacques ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

^b INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLAGELLIN; N ACYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; PROTEIN AIBP; PROTEIN FLGE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIRB PROTEIN; VIRB8 PROTEIN;

AIBP GENE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLAR GENE; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SELF QUORUM SENSING; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VIRB GENE; VIRB8 GENE;

ACYL-BUTYROLACTONES; AMIDOHYDROLASES; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BRUCELLA MELITENSIS; CELL LINE; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MACROPHAGES; MICE; QUORUM SENSING; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84892420992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0082514     Document Type: Article

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