Information processing and signal integration in bacterial quorum sensing

Abstract Bacteria communicate using secreted chemical signaling molecules called autoinducers in a process known as quorum sensing. The quorum‐sensing network of the marine bacterium Vibrio harveyi uses three autoinducers, each known to encode distinct ecological information. Yet how cells integrate...

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Main Authors: Pankaj Mehta, Sidhartha Goyal, Tao Long, Bonnie L Bassler, Ned S Wingreen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer Nature 2009-11-01
Series:Molecular Systems Biology
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/msb.2009.79