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SUBMITTER: Stacy DM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3566574 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Stacy Danielle M DM Le Quement Sebastian T ST Hansen Casper L CL Clausen Janie W JW Tolker-Nielsen Tim T Brummond Jacob W JW Givskov Michael M Nielsen Thomas E TE Blackwell Helen E HE
Organic & biomolecular chemistry 20121220 6
Many bacterial species are capable of assessing their local population densities through a cell-cell signaling mechanism termed quorum sensing (QS). This intercellular communication process is mediated by small molecule or peptide ligands and their cognate protein receptors. Numerous pathogens use QS to initiate virulence once they achieve a threshold cell number on a host. Consequently, approaches to intercept QS have attracted considerable attention as potential anti-infective therapies. Our i ...[more]