Isolation of the autoinducer-quenching strain that inhibits lasR in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 6328-6342

  Weng, Lixing ^a   Zhang, Yuqian ^a   Yang, Yuxiang ^b   Wang, Lianhui ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Agrobacterium tumefaciens nt1; Biofilm; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Quorum sensing; Virulence factor

Indexed keywords

ELASTASE; N (3 OXODODECANOYL) HOMOSERINE LACTONE; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROTEIN LASR; PROTEIN LASRI; PROTEIN RHLI; PROTEIN RHLR; PROTEINASE; PYOCYANINE; RHAMNOLIPID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CULTURE MEDIUM; LASR PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; LIGASE; RHLI PROTEIN, PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RNA 16S; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL GROWTH; MICROBIAL MOTILITY; MICROBIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SCREENING; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DRUG EFFECTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; PHARMACOLOGY; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CULTURE MEDIA; DOWN-REGULATION; LIGASES; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84898670834     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms15046328     Document Type: Article

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