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SUBMITTER: Reuter K
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4718088 | biostudies-literature | 2016
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Reuter Kerstin K Steinbach Anke A Helms Volkhard V
Perspectives in medicinal chemistry 20160118
Quorum sensing (QS) describes the exchange of chemical signals in bacterial populations to adjust the bacterial phenotypes according to the density of bacterial cells. This serves to express phenotypes that are advantageous for the group and ensure bacterial survival. To do so, bacterial cells synthesize autoinducer (AI) molecules, release them to the environment, and take them up. Thereby, the AI concentration reflects the cell density. When the AI concentration exceeds a critical threshold in ...[more]