ANTIQUORUM SENSING ACTIVITY OF ESSENTIAL OILS ISOLATED FROM DIFFERENT SPECIES OF THE GENUS Piper ACTIVIDAD ANTIQUÓRUM SENSING DE ACEITES ESENCIALES AISLADOS DE DIFERENTES ESPECIES DEL GÉNERO Piper

Quorum sensing is a bacterial communication mechanism that depends on population density, and occurs through molecules called autoinducers. These molecules activate receptors, enabling the transcription of genes that encode information needed to control several biochemical mechanisms associated with...

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Main Authors: Jesús T OLIVERO V, Nerlis P PÁJARO C, Elena STASHENKO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidad de Antioquia 2011-04-01
Series:Vitae
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.org.co/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0121-40042011000100011