Article
The bacterial 'enigma': cracking the code of cell-cell communication.
Molecular microbiology - 1 May 1995
Salmond G P, Bycroft B W, Stewart G S, Williams P
Abstract excerpt
In recent years it has become clear that the production of N-acyl homoserine lactones (N-AHLs) is widespread in Gram-negative bacteria. These molecules act as diffusible chemical communication signals (bacterial pheromones) which regulate diverse physiological processes including bioluminescence, antibiotic production, plasmid conjugal transfer and synthesis of exoenzyme virulence factors in plant and animal...
Topics
- 4-Butyrolactone
- Bacteria
- Bacterial Physiological Phenomena
- Conjugation, Genetic
- Genes, Bacterial
- Luminescent Measurements
- Phenotype
- Photobacterium
- Plasmids
- Signal Transduction