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LuxS quorum sensing: more than just a numbers game.
- Source :
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Current opinion in microbiology [Curr Opin Microbiol] 2003 Apr; Vol. 6 (2), pp. 191-7. - Publication Year :
- 2003
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Abstract
- Quorum sensing is a process of bacterial cell-to-cell communication involving the production and detection of extracellular signaling molecules called autoinducers. Quorum sensing allows populations of bacteria to collectively control gene expression, and thus synchronize group behavior. Processes controlled by quorum sensing are typically ones that are unproductive unless many bacteria act together. Most autoinducers enable intraspecies communication; however, a recently discovered autoinducer AI-2 has been proposed to serve as a 'universal signal' for interspecies communication. Studies suggest that AI-2 encodes information in addition to specifics about cell number.
- Subjects :
- Bacteria classification
Bacteria genetics
Bacteria metabolism
Bacterial Proteins genetics
Carbon-Sulfur Lyases
Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
Models, Biological
Models, Molecular
Signal Transduction
Bacterial Physiological Phenomena
Bacterial Proteins physiology
Homoserine analogs & derivatives
Homoserine biosynthesis
Homoserine chemistry
Homoserine physiology
Lactones chemistry
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1369-5274
- Volume :
- 6
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Current opinion in microbiology
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 12732311
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/s1369-5274(03)00028-6