Published in Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci on July 29, 2007
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Transcriptomic analysis reveals a global alkyl-quinolone-independent regulatory role for PqsE in facilitating the environmental adaptation of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to plant and animal hosts. Environ Microbiol (2010) 1.14
A distinctive dual-channel quorum-sensing system operates in Vibrio anguillarum. Mol Microbiol (2004) 1.10
An agr quorum sensing system that regulates granulose formation and sporulation in Clostridium acetobutylicum. Appl Environ Microbiol (2011) 1.10
Disruption of quorum sensing in seawater abolishes attraction of zoospores of the green alga Ulva to bacterial biofilms. Environ Microbiol (2005) 1.08
Quorum quenching activity in Anabaena sp. PCC 7120: identification of AiiC, a novel AHL-acylase. FEMS Microbiol Lett (2008) 1.07
Quorum sensing regulates dpsA and the oxidative stress response in Burkholderia pseudomallei. Microbiology (2006) 1.07
A dual biosensor for 2-alkyl-4-quinolone quorum-sensing signal molecules. Environ Microbiol (2007) 1.05
Acylhomoserine lactone production and degradation by the fish pathogen Tenacibaculum maritimum, a member of the Cytophaga-Flavobacterium-Bacteroides (CFB) group. FEMS Microbiol Lett (2010) 1.03
Functional analysis of the post-transcriptional regulator RsmA reveals a novel RNA-binding site. J Mol Biol (2005) 1.03
Phenotypic and genome-wide analysis of an antibiotic-resistant small colony variant (SCV) of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. PLoS One (2011) 1.03
Quorum sensing in Vibrio cholerae. Nat Genet (2002) 1.03
Biosensor-based assays for PQS, HHQ and related 2-alkyl-4-quinolone quorum sensing signal molecules. Nat Protoc (2007) 1.02
Molecular mechanism of target recognition by subtilin, a class I lanthionine antibiotic. Antimicrob Agents Chemother (2007) 1.02
Autoinducer 2 activity in Escherichia coli culture supernatants can be actively reduced despite maintenance of an active synthase, LuxS. Microbiology (2003) 1.02
Garlic as an inhibitor of Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing in cystic fibrosis--a pilot randomized controlled trial. Pediatr Pulmonol (2010) 1.00
Turnover of quorum sensing signal molecules modulates cross-kingdom signalling. Environ Microbiol (2009) 1.00
Modulation of pRB/E2F functions in the regulation of cell cycle and in cancer. Curr Cancer Drug Targets (2005) 1.00
Growth deficiencies of Neisseria meningitidis pfs and luxS mutants are not due to inactivation of quorum sensing. J Bacteriol (2008) 0.98
Significant immunomodulatory effects of Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum-sensing signal molecules: possible link in human sepsis. Clin Sci (Lond) (2008) 0.98
AI-2 does not function as a quorum sensing molecule in Campylobacter jejuni during exponential growth in vitro. BMC Microbiol (2009) 0.96
Pathogen espionage: multiple bacterial adrenergic sensors eavesdrop on host communication systems. Mol Microbiol (2012) 0.95
Structural basis for native agonist and synthetic inhibitor recognition by the Pseudomonas aeruginosa quorum sensing regulator PqsR (MvfR). PLoS Pathog (2013) 0.95
Bursting the bubble on bacterial biofilms: a flow cell methodology. Biofouling (2012) 0.95
The Gac/Rsm and cyclic-di-GMP signalling networks coordinately regulate iron uptake in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Environ Microbiol (2013) 0.94
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Evolving cell models for systems and synthetic biology. Syst Synth Biol (2010) 0.93
A glycopeptide dendrimer inhibitor of the galactose-specific lectin LecA and of Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilms. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl (2011) 0.93
Functional interplay between the Yersinia pseudotuberculosis YpsRI and YtbRI quorum sensing systems modulates swimming motility by controlling expression of flhDC and fliA. Mol Microbiol (2008) 0.93
Targeted mutagenesis of the Clostridium acetobutylicum acetone-butanol-ethanol fermentation pathway. Metab Eng (2012) 0.92
Transgenic tomato plants alter quorum sensing in plant growth-promoting rhizobacteria. Plant Biotechnol J (2008) 0.92
The Pseudomonas aeruginosa global regulator MvaT specifically binds to the ptxS upstream region and enhances ptxS expression. Microbiology (2004) 0.92
Bacteria clustering by polymers induces the expression of quorum-sensing-controlled phenotypes. Nat Chem (2013) 0.91
Structural rearrangement in an RsmA/CsrA ortholog of Pseudomonas aeruginosa creates a dimeric RNA-binding protein, RsmN. Structure (2013) 0.91
Targeting Staphylococcus aureus quorum sensing with nonpeptidic small molecule inhibitors. J Med Chem (2014) 0.91
Novel approaches to the treatment of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in cystic fibrosis. Eur Respir J (2012) 0.89
Salmonella Typhi sense host neuroendocrine stress hormones and release the toxin haemolysin E. EMBO Rep (2011) 0.89
N-acyl homoserine lactones are degraded via an amidolytic activity in Comamonas sp. strain D1. Arch Microbiol (2006) 0.89
Synthetic polymers for simultaneous bacterial sequestration and quorum sense interference. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl (2011) 0.89
Thermoresponsive polymer colloids for drug delivery and cancer therapy. Macromol Biosci (2011) 0.88
Dioxygenase-mediated quenching of quinolone-dependent quorum sensing in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Chem Biol (2009) 0.88
In Helicobacter pylori, LuxS is a key enzyme in cysteine provision through a reverse transsulfuration pathway. J Bacteriol (2010) 0.87
LuxS-independent formation of AI-2 from ribulose-5-phosphate. BMC Microbiol (2008) 0.87
Characterisation of two quorum sensing systems in the endophytic Serratia plymuthica strain G3: differential control of motility and biofilm formation according to life-style. BMC Microbiol (2011) 0.86
Side-chain-to-tail thiolactone peptide inhibitors of the staphylococcal quorum-sensing system. Bioorg Med Chem Lett (2003) 0.85
Biofilm development on Caenorhabditis elegans by Yersinia is facilitated by quorum sensing-dependent repression of type III secretion. PLoS Pathog (2011) 0.85
Helicobacter pylori FlhB function: the FlhB C-terminal homologue HP1575 acts as a "spare part" to permit flagellar export when the HP0770 FlhBCC domain is deleted. J Bacteriol (2006) 0.85
The PA4204 gene encodes a periplasmic gluconolactonase (PpgL) which is important for fitness of Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Microbiology (2008) 0.85
Nasal immunization with homogenate and peptide antigens induces protective immunity against Trichinella spiralis. Infect Immun (2002) 0.84
Quorum sensing and the lifestyle of Yersinia. Curr Issues Mol Biol (2006) 0.84
LuxS-based quorum sensing does not affect the ability of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium to express the SPI-1 type 3 secretion system, induce membrane ruffles, or invade epithelial cells. J Bacteriol (2009) 0.83
Escherichia coli gets the message. Nat Med (2003) 0.83
The putative influence of the agr operon upon survival mechanisms used by Clostridium acetobutylicum. Math Biosci (2013) 0.83
Coenzyme A-transferase-independent butyrate re-assimilation in Clostridium acetobutylicum-evidence from a mathematical model. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol (2014) 0.83
Liposome entrapment and immunogenic studies of a synthetic lipophilic multiple antigenic peptide bearing VP1 and VP3 domains of the hepatitis A virus: a robust method for vaccine design. FEBS Lett (2003) 0.83
Homochiral 4-azalysine building blocks: syntheses and applications in solid-phase chemistry. J Org Chem (2002) 0.82
The Pseudomonas aeruginosa quinolone quorum sensing signal alters the multicellular behaviour of Pseudomonas putida KT2440. Res Microbiol (2011) 0.82
End-stapled homo and hetero collagen triple helices: a click chemistry approach. Chem Commun (Camb) (2010) 0.81
Interference with the germination and growth of Ulva zoospores by quorum-sensing molecules from Ulva-associated epiphytic bacteria. Environ Microbiol (2013) 0.81