Signal diffusion and the mitigation of social exploitation in pneumococcal competence signalling

Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences

Volumn 277, Issue 1696, 2010, Pages 2991-2999

  Yang, Jungwoo ^a   Evans, Benjamin A ^a   Rozen, Daniel E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Competence; Diffusion sensing; Quorum sensing; Streptococcus pneumoniae

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM; GENE EXPRESSION; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; MITIGATION; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 77956896583     PISSN: 09628452     EISSN: 14712970     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rspb.2010.0659     Document Type: Conference Paper

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