Autoinducer-2 regulates Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAO1 biofilm formation and virulence production in a dose-dependent manner

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Li, Hongdong ^a,b,c   Li, Xingyuan ^d   Wang, Zhengli ^a,b,c   Fu, Yakun ^a,b,c   Ai, Qing ^b,c   Dong, Ying ^e   Yu, Jialin ^a,b,c  

^a CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c Technology Cooperation Center for Child Development and Disorders   (China)

^d Chongqing Red Cross Hospital   (China)

^e CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Autoinducer 2; Biofilm; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Quorum sensing

Indexed keywords

S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; HOMOSERINE; LACTONE; N-OCTANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIABILITY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA PAO1; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; UPREGULATION; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; DRUG EFFECTS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PHYSIOLOGY; VIRULENCE;

BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMOSERINE; HUMANS; LACTONES; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84942614492     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12866-015-0529-y     Document Type: Article

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