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Repurposing metformin as a quorum sensing inhibitor in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

BACKGROUND: Quorum sensing is a mechanism of intercellular communication that controls the production of virulence factors in Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Inhibition of quorum sensing can disarm the virulence factors without exerting stress on bacterial growth that leads to emergence of antibiotic resist...

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Autores principales: Abbas, Hisham A, Elsherbini, Ahmed M, Shaldam, Moutaz A
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Makerere Medical School 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5656202/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29085409
http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v17i3.24