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[Action of antibiotics as signalling molecules].
Antibiotiki i khimioterapiia = Antibiotics and chemoterapy [sic] - 1 Jan 2014
Bulgakova V G, Vinogradova K A, Orlova T I, Kozhevin P A, Polin A N
Abstract excerpt
It was thought that antibiotics should be produced by soil microorganisms to inhibit the growth of competitors in natural habitats. Yet it has been shown that antibiotics at subinhibitory concentrations may have a role as signalling molecules providing cell-to-cell communication in bacteria in the environment. Antibiotics modulate gene transcription and regulate gene expression in microbial populations....
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