Quorum-Sensing Systems as Targets for Antivirulence Therapy

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2018, Pages 313-328

  Defoirdt, Tom ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Pseudomonas; quorum quenching; quorum sensing inhibitor; quorum sensing interference; Vibrio; Xanthomonas

Indexed keywords

AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CELL COMMUNICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PHENOTYPE; PHOTORHABDUS LUMINESCENS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE; QUORUM SENSING; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; VIBRIO HARVEYI; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECT; METABOLISM; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT; PSEUDOMONAS; VIBRIO; VIRULENCE; XANTHOMONAS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; PLANTS; PSEUDOMONAS; QUORUM SENSING; VIBRIO; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS; XANTHOMONAS;

EID: 85033568804     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: 18784380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tim.2017.10.005     Document Type: Review

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