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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2006
Applicants:
Helen E. Blackwell, Middleton, WI (US);
Grant D. Geske, Madison, WI (US);
Rachel W. Wezeman, Madison, WI (US);
Inventors:
Helen E. Blackwell, Middleton, WI (US);
Grant D. Geske, Madison, WI (US);
Rachel W. Wezeman, Madison, WI (US);
Assignee:
Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, Madison, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A01N 43/08 (2006.01); C07D 309/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The present invention provides compositions and methods for modulating the communication and virulence of quorum sensing bacteria. In various exemplary embodiments, the invention provides a combinatorial library of quorum sensing compounds including synthetic analogs of naturally occurring and non-naturally occurring acyl-homoserine lactone (AHL) analogs, and methods of synthesizing and using these compounds.