The indole pulse: A new perspective on indole signalling in Escherichia coli

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2014, Pages

  Gaimster, Hannah ^a   Cama, Jehangir ^b   Hernández Ainsa, Silvia ^b   Keyser, Ulrich F ^b   Summers, David K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDOLE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH INHIBITION; INTRACELLULAR SIGNALING; LIPID MEMBRANE; LIPID SOLUBILITY; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; BIOFILM; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BIOFILMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; INDOLES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84898846708     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0093168     Document Type: Article

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