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SUBMITTER: Pottathil M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2395031 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Pottathil Mridula M Jung April A Lazazzera Beth A BA
Journal of bacteriology 20080328 11
ComX and CSF are Bacillus subtilis extracellular signaling peptides. Many different strains of B. subtilis do not communicate due to strain-specific variation of ComX. We demonstrate that CSF is a species-specific signaling molecule that partially compensates for the lack of ComX-mediated communication between different strains of B. subtilis. ...[more]