A quorum sensing small volatile molecule promotes antibiotic tolerance in bacteria

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2013, Pages

  Que, Yok Ai ^a,b,c,g   Hazan, Ronen ^a,b,c,d,f   Strobel, Benjamin ^a,b,c   Maura, Damien ^a,b,c   He, Jianxin ^a,b,c   Kesarwani, Meenu ^a,b,c   Panopoulos, Panagiotis ^a,b,c   Tsurumi, Amy ^a,b,c   Giddey, Marlyse ^g   Wilhelmy, Julie ^e   Mindrinos, Michael N ^e   Rahme, Laurence G ^a,b,c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c SHRINERS HOSPITALS FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

^d IYAR   (Israel)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^g UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2' AMINO ACETOPHENONE; ACETOPHENONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; MEROPENEM; RIBOSOME PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BIOSYNTHESIS; BURKHOLDERIA THAILANDENSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG TOLERANCE; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROKARYOTE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; RNA TRANSLATION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSLATION REGULATION;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING;

EID: 84893194053     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0080140     Document Type: Article

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