Quorum-sensing regulation in staphylococci-an overview

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue OCT, 2015, Pages

  Le, Katherine Y ^a,b   Otto, Michael ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Agr; Biofilm; LuxS; Quorum sensing; Staphylococcus aureus; Staphylococcus epidermidis; Toxins

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ACCESSORY GENE REGULATOR SYSTEM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BIOFILM; DOWN REGULATION; DRUG TARGETING; GENE CONTROL; INFECTION; LUXS GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; QUORUM SENSING; SHORT SURVEY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; UPREGULATION;

EID: 84946866046     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.01174     Document Type: Short Survey

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