Interference in bacterial quorum sensing: A biopharmaceutical perspective

Frontiers in Pharmacology

Volumn 9, Issue MAR, 2018, Pages

  Rémy, Benjamin ^a,b   Mion, Sonia ^a   Plener, Laure ^b   Elias, Mikael ^c   Chabrière, Eric ^a   Daudé, David ^b  

^a Institut Hospitalo Universitaire   (France)

^b Gene and GreenTK   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibioresistance; Bacterial virulence; Biofilm; Medical devices; Phage resistance; Quorum quenching enzymes; Quorum sensing (QS); Quorum sensing inhibitors

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN INHIBITOR; QUORUM QUENCHING ENZYME; QUORUM SENSING INHIBITOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIVIRULENCE ACTIVITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; DRUG ACTIVITY; HUMAN; MOUSE MODEL; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PHARMACEUTICS; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW;

EID: 85043341639     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16639812     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2018.00203     Document Type: Review

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