Ajoene, a sulfur-rich molecule from garlic, inhibits genes controlled by quorum sensing.

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Published in Antimicrob Agents Chemother on February 06, 2012

Authors

Tim Holm Jakobsen1, Maria van Gennip, Richard Kerry Phipps, Meenakshi Sundaram Shanmugham, Louise Dahl Christensen, Morten Alhede, Mette Eline Skindersoe, Thomas Bovbjerg Rasmussen, Karlheinz Friedrich, Friedrich Uthe, Peter Østrup Jensen, Claus Moser, Kristian Fog Nielsen, Leo Eberl, Thomas Ostenfeld Larsen, David Tanner, Niels Høiby, Thomas Bjarnsholt, Michael Givskov

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1: Department of International Health, Immunology and Microbiology, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

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