Roles of indole as an interspecies and interkingdom signaling molecule

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 23, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 707-718

  Lee, Jin Hyung ^a   Wood, Thomas K ^b   Lee, Jintae ^a  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^b The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Antivirulence approach; Bacteria host interaction; Indole and its derivatives; Interkingdom signaling molecule

Indexed keywords

3 INDOLEMETHANOL; 3,3' DIINDOLYLMETHANE; 4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID; CATECHOLAMINE; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1; HISTAMINE; INCRETIN; INDOLE; INDOLE 3 GLYCEROL PHOSPHATE SYNTHASE; INDOLE DERIVATIVE; MELANIN; SEROTONIN; TRYPTOPHAN; TRYPTOPHANASE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTINEOPLASTIC ACTIVITY; BIOSYNTHESIS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ENTERITIS; EUKARYOTE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HORMONE RELEASE; HUMAN; INSECT; MAIZE; NEMATODE; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PLANT DEFENSE; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT GROWTH PROMOTING RHIZOBACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUORUM SENSING; REGNUM; REVIEW; RHIZOBIACEAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES; VIRULENCE; ANIMAL; ANTAGONISTS AND INHIBITORS; BACTERIUM; EUKARYOTIC CELL; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PROKARYOTIC CELL; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; HUMANS; INDOLES; PLANTS; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; QUORUM SENSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84960354427     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2015.08.001     Document Type: Review

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