Frequency modulation of a bacterial quorum sensing response
Quorum-sensing bacteria produce and secrete autoinducers that trigger a behavioral change in the population when reaching a certain threshold. Here, Bettenworth et al. show that autoinducer synthase gene expression in Sinorhizobium meliloti occurs in asynchronous stochastic pulses, and that physiolo...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Nature Portfolio
2022-05-01
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Series: | Nature Communications |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-30307-6 |