Competition studies confirm two major barriers that can preclude the spread of resistance to quorum-sensing inhibitors in bacteria

ACS Chemical Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 2291-2299

  Gerdt, Joseph P ^a   Blackwell, Helen E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; RECEPTOR PROTEIN; TETRACYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CARBON SOURCE; CELL DENSITY; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG COMPETITION; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; QUORUM SENSING; WILD TYPE; BINDING COMPETITION; DRUG EFFECTS; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PATHOGENICITY; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; QUORUM SENSING;

EID: 84908180998     PISSN: 15548929     EISSN: 15548937     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/cb5004288     Document Type: Article

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