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Caffeine as a Potential Quorum Sensing Inhibitor

Quorum sensing enables bacteria to control the gene expression in response to the cell density. It regulates a variety of bacterial physiological functions such as biofilm formation, bioluminescence, virulence factors and swarming which has been shown contribute to bacterial pathogenesis. The use of...

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Autores principales: Norizan, Siti Nur Maisarah, Yin, Wai-Fong, Chan, Kok-Gan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Molecular Diversity Preservation International (MDPI) 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3673129/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23598500
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/s130405117