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SUBMITTER: Feng L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4313533 | biostudies-other | 2015 Jan
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Feng Lihui L Rutherford Steven T ST Papenfort Kai K Bagert John D JD van Kessel Julia C JC Tirrell David A DA Wingreen Ned S NS Bassler Bonnie L BL
Cell 20150108 1-2
Quorum sensing is a cell-cell communication process that bacteria use to transition between individual and social lifestyles. In vibrios, homologous small RNAs called the Qrr sRNAs function at the center of quorum-sensing pathways. The Qrr sRNAs regulate multiple mRNA targets including those encoding the quorum-sensing regulatory components luxR, luxO, luxM, and aphA. We show that a representative Qrr, Qrr3, uses four distinct mechanisms to control its particular targets: the Qrr3 sRNA represses ...[more]