Look who's talking: Communication and quorum sensing in the bacterial world

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 362, Issue 1483, 2007, Pages 1119-1134

  Williams, Paul ^a   Winzer, Klaus ^a   Chan, Weng C ^a   Cámara, Miguel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoinducers; Bacteria; Cell to cell communication; N acylhomoserine lactones; Quorum sensing; Signalling

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; CHEMOSYNTHESIS; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; PHEROMONE; VIABILITY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 34447564221     PISSN: 09628436     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rstb.2007.2039     Document Type: Review

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