Quorum sensing and group selection

Evolution

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 1263-1269

  Brookfield, J F Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bacterial evolution; Group selection; Homoserine lactones; Quorum sensing; Signaling

Indexed keywords

GENE EXPRESSION; QUORUM SENSING;

BACTERIUM; GROUP SELECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031790056     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.1998.tb02007.x     Document Type: Article

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