Quorum sensing as an integral component of gene regulatory networks in gram-negative bacteria

Current Opinion in Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 186-193

  Withers, Helen ^a   Swift, Simon ^a   Williams, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTATION; CELL COMMUNICATION; CELL DENSITY; CELL POPULATION; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; IMMUNOMODULATION; POPULATION DENSITY; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0035070998     PISSN: 13695274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-5274(00)00187-9     Document Type: Review

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