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The CtrA phosphorelay integrates differentiation and communication in the marine alphaproteobacterium Dinoroseobacter shibae.
BMC genomics - 13 Feb 2014
Wang Hui, Ziesche Lisa, Frank Oliver, Michael Victoria, Martin Madeleine, Petersen Jörn, Schulz Stefan, Wagner-Döbler Irene, Tomasch Jürgen
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BACKGROUND: Dinoroseobacter shibae, a member of the Roseobacter clade abundant in marine environments, maintains morphological heterogeneity throughout growth, with small cells dividing by binary fission and large cells dividing by budding from one or both cell poles. This morphological heterogeneity is lost if the quorum sensing (QS) system is silenced, concurrent with a decreased expression of the CtrA...
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