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SUBMITTER: Davis RM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4354409 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology 20150310
Quorum-sensing networks enable bacteria to sense and respond to chemical signals produced by neighboring bacteria. They are widespread: over 100 morphologically and genetically distinct species of eubacteria are known to use quorum sensing to control gene expression. This diversity suggests the potential to use natural protein variants to engineer parallel, input-specific, cell-cell communication pathways. However, only three distinct signaling pathways, Lux, Las, and Rhl, have been adapted for ...[more]