Quorum sensing and the social evolution of bacterial virulence.
The ability of pathogenic bacteria to exploit their hosts depends upon various virulence factors, released in response to the concentration of small autoinducer molecules that are also released by the bacteria [1-5]. In vitro experiments suggest that autoinducer molecules are signals used to coordin...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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2009
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