Screening for quorum-sensing inhibitors (QSI) by use of a novel genetic system, the QSI selector.

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Published in J Bacteriol on March 01, 2005

Authors

Thomas Bovbjerg Rasmussen1, Thomas Bjarnsholt, Mette Elena Skindersoe, Morten Hentzer, Peter Kristoffersen, Manuela Köte, John Nielsen, Leo Eberl, Michael Givskov

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1: Center for Biomedical Microbiology, BioCentrum-DTU, Technical University of Denmark, DK-2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.

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