Reprogramming microbes to be pathogen-Seeking killers

ACS Synthetic Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 228-237

  Hwang, In Young ^a   Tan, Mui Hua ^a   Koh, Elvin ^a   Ho, Chun Loong ^a   Poh, Chueh Loo ^a   Chang, Matthew Wook ^a  

^a Nanyang Technological University   (Singapore)

Author keywords

antimicrobial peptide; biofilm; directed motility; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; quorum sensing; synthetic biology

Indexed keywords

MICROCIN S; NUCLEASE DNASE1; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIOCIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METHYL-ACCEPTING CHEMOTAXIS PROTEINS; MICROCIN;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BIOFILM; CELL KILLING; CELL MIGRATION; CELL VIABILITY; CHEMOTAXIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR REPROGRAMMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECRETION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOCINS; BIOFILMS; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ENGINEERING; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING;

EID: 84897492981     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21615063     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sb400077j     Document Type: Article

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