A serine sensor for multicellularity in a bacterium
We report the discovery of a simple environmental sensing mechanism for biofilm formation in the bacterium Bacillus subtilis that operates without the involvement of a dedicated RNA or protein. Certain serine codons, the four TCN codons, in the gene for the biofilm repressor SinR caused a lowering o...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2013-12-01
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| Series: | eLife |
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| Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/01501 |