Dynorphin Activates Quorum Sensing Quinolone Signaling in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Olga Zaborina; Francois Lepine; Gaoping Xiao; Vesta Valuckaite; Yimei Chen; Terry Li; Mae Ciancio; Alex Zaborin; Elaine Petroff; Jerrold R Turner; Laurence G Rahme; Eugene Chang; John C Alverdy

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.0030035

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Dynorphin Activates Quorum Sensing Quinolone Signaling in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Olga Zaborina,

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Francois Lepine,

Affiliation Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique (INRS)–Institut Armand-Frappier, Laval, Quebec, Canada
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Gaoping Xiao,

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Vesta Valuckaite,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Yimei Chen,

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Terry Li,

Affiliation Department of Immunohistochemistry, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Mae Ciancio,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Alex Zaborin,

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Elaine Petroff,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Jerrold R Turner,

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Laurence G Rahme,

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
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Eugene Chang,

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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John C Alverdy

*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: jalverdy@surgery.bsd.uchicago.edu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Pritzker School of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
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Dynorphin Activates Quorum Sensing Quinolone Signaling in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Olga Zaborina,
Francois Lepine,
Gaoping Xiao,
Vesta Valuckaite,
Yimei Chen,
Terry Li,
Mae Ciancio,
Alex Zaborin,
Elaine Petroff,
Jerrold R Turner

Published: March 16, 2007
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.0030035

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