Have You Heard of Bonnie Bassler? A Historical Perspective on a Remarkable Career
Abstract The area of chemical communication in bacteria has grown explosively since the end of the 20th century. Among a number of key individuals and seminal findings that broke open this area of microbiology, the contributions of Bonnie Bassler and her colleagues are immense and multi‐layered.
Clay Fuqua
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Quadruple quorum-sensing inputs control Vibrio cholerae virulence and maintain system robustness. [PDF]
Bacteria use quorum sensing (QS) for cell-cell communication to carry out group behaviors. This intercellular signaling process relies on cell density-dependent production and detection of chemical signals called autoinducers (AIs).
Sarah A Jung +2 more
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Feathers and the Making of Luxury Experiences at the Sixteenth‐Century Spanish Court☆
Abstract This article charts the activities of featherworkers (plumajeros) at the Habsburg court in Madrid. Drawing on archival records, objects, and paintings from sixteenth‐century Spain, I argue that royal featherworkers' skills, wit, and intricacy in the transformation of materials established feathers as luxury items.
Stefan Hanß
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In this review, we aim to explain the direct or indirect regulatory mechanisms of c‐di‐GMP in bacteria, focusing on the study of c‐di‐GMP in Vibrio spp. and in flagella, which are our research subjects. Abstract Typical second messengers include cyclic AMP (cAMP), cyclic GMP (cGMP), and inositol phosphate.
Michio Homma, Seiji Kojima
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Gatsby, Dior e a produção do luxo na moda no século XX
A escala e a velocidade das transformações sociais no século XX promovem mudanças nos estilos de vida que reverberam nas práticas consumo. O consumo de luxo também se requalifica, sobretudo em função das guerras mundiais, e isto será discutido aqui a ...
Fernanda Martinelli
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Herbal and chemical products are used for oral care and biofilm treatment and also have been reported to be controversial in the massive trials conducted in this regard. The present review is aimed at evaluating the potential of relevant herbal and chemical products and comparing their outcomes to conventional oral care products and summarizing the ...
Ali Moghaddam +8 more
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Cytotoxicity and Membrane Interaction of Tamoxifen as Affected by Ca2+ and Mg2+: Use of a Bacterial Model System [PDF]
A strain of Bacillus stearothermophilus was used as a model to study the interaction of tamoxifen (TAM) with the membrane and the cytostatic antiproliferative effects not related to estrogen binding. TAM inhibits the growth of B.
Jurado, A. S. +2 more
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Expression and quorum sensing regulation of type III secretion system genes of Vibrio harveyi during infection of gnotobiotic brine shrimp [PDF]
Type III secretion systems enable pathogens to inject their virulence factors directly into the cytoplasm of the host cells. The type III secretion system of Vibrio harveyi, a major pathogen of aquatic organisms and a model species in quorum sensing ...
Bossier, P. +3 more
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RENDENDO-SE AO BILRO: A RESSIGNIFICAÇÃO CONTEMPORÂNEA DO LUXO EM PRODUTOS ARTESANAIS SUSTENTÁVEIS
Diante da emergência contemporânea de um novo mercado de luxo, pautado em valores simbólicos, culturais e experienciais, sem abrir mão da exclusividade, percebe-se uma crescente procura por produtos sustentáveis.
Jamilly Machado +2 more
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The use of Twitter on fashion brands. A comparison between luxury and low-cost brands [PDF]
En este artículo se analizó comparativamente la capacidad dialógica de las marcas de moda de lujo frente a las denominadas low-cost en la red social Twitter.
Garcia Medina, Irene +2 more
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