Is quorum sensing a side effect of diffusion sensing?

Trends in Microbiology

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 365-370

  Redfield, Rosemary J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLULASE; PECTIN LYASE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; DENSITY; DIFFUSION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME RELEASE; GENE CONTROL; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; MODEL; MOLECULE; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NONHUMAN; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

4-BUTYROLACTONE; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DIFFUSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ERWINIA; MYXOCOCCUS XANTHUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PECTOBACTERIUM CAROTOVORUM; PHOTOBACTERIUM; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 0036685473     PISSN: 0966842X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0966-842X(02)02400-9     Document Type: Review

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