A Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum-sensing molecule influences Candida albicans morphology

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1212-1223

  Hogan, Deborah A ^a,b   Vik, Åshild ^a   Kolter, Roberto ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; FARNESOL; HOMOSERINE; LACTONE; LAURYL ALCOHOL;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; CANDIDA ALBICANS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL STRAIN; FUNGAL VIRULENCE; FUNGUS GROWTH; NONHUMAN; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YEAST CELL;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; ANTIFUNGAL AGENTS; BETA-GALACTOSIDASE; CANDIDA ALBICANS; DODECANOL; FARNESOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, REPORTER; HOMOSERINE; MICROSCOPY; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RNA, FUNGAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA ALBICANS; FUNGI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 9644264336     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04349.x     Document Type: Article

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