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Quorum Sensing: a Transcriptional Regulatory System Involved in the Pathogenicity of Burkholderia mallei
22 Oct 2004
Abstract excerpt
Numerous gram-negative bacterial pathogens regulate virulence factor expression by using a cell density mechanism termed quorum sensing (QS). An in silico analysis of the Burkholderia mallei ATCC 23344 genome revealed that it encodes at least two luxI and four luxR homologues. Using mass spectrometry, we showed that wild-type B. mallei produces the signaling molecules N-octanoyl-homoserine lactone and...
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