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Quorum sensing as a mechanism to harness the wisdom of the crowds
Nature Communications, 2023 Bacteria release and sense small molecules called autoinducers in a process known as quorum sensing. The prevailing interpretation of quorum sensing is that by sensing autoinducer concentrations, bacteria estimate population density to regulate the ...
Stefany Moreno-Gámez +2 more
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Quorum Sensing of Periodontal Pathogens
Acta Stomatologica Croatica, 2015 The term ‘quorum sensing’ describes intercellular bacterial communication which regulates bacterial gene expression according to population cell density. Bacteria produce and secrete small molecules, named autoinducers, into the intercellular space.
Darije Plančak +2 more
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Dishonest Signaling in Microbial Conflicts
Frontiers in Microbiology, 2022 Quorum sensing is a cell-cell communication system that bacteria use to express social phenotypes, such as the production of extracellular enzymes or toxins, at high cell densities when these phenotypes are most beneficial.
Ihab Hashem, Jan F. M. Van Impe
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The Evolution of Quorum Sensing as a Mechanism to Infer Kinship.
PLoS Computational Biology, 2016 Bacteria regulate many phenotypes via quorum sensing systems. Quorum sensing is typically thought to evolve because the regulated cooperative phenotypes are only beneficial at certain cell densities. However, quorum sensing systems are also threatened by
Jonas Schluter +3 more
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α-Glucosidase-driven metabolism as a potential therapeutic vulnerability in Candida albicans
Frontiers in MicrobiologyCandida albicans remains a leading etiological agent of both mucosal and invasive fungal infections. The increasing prevalence of antifungal resistance and limited therapeutic options pose a significant clinical challenge and highlight the need for novel
Joyati Mitra +6 more
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Transcriptome analysis of acyl-homoserine lactone-based quorum sensing regulation in Yersinia pestis [corrected]. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 The etiologic agent of bubonic plague, Yersinia pestis, senses self-produced, secreted chemical signals in a process named quorum sensing. Though the closely related enteric pathogen Y.
Christopher N LaRock +4 more
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Pharmaceutics, 2022 Chemical molecules are used by microorganisms to communicate with each other. Quorum sensing is the mechanism through which microorganisms regulate their population density and activity with chemical signaling.
Alessandro Polizzi +5 more
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FEBS Open Bio, EarlyView.Biophysical characterisation shows that NanX, a membrane transport protein from the major facilitator superfamily (MFS), forms both monomers and dimers after purification. AlphaFold modelling and substrate docking provide information on residues likely involved in substrate recognition for NanX and another MFS member, NanT.
Michael C. Newton‐Vesty +13 more
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Quorum sensing intervened bacterial signaling: Pursuit of its cognizance and repression
Journal of Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, 2018 Bacteria communicate within a system by means of a density dependent mechanism known as quorum sensing which regulate the metabolic and behavioral activities of a bacterial community.
Kayeen Vadakkan +4 more
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Advanced Engineering Materials, EarlyView.This study proposes a potential device design for joint cartilage replacement. Silica‐polytetrahydrofuran (SiO2‐PolyTHF) hybrids with customizable mechanical properties were developed to mimic the characteristics of a natural meniscus. These were synthesized through a two‐pot sol–gel hybrid process.
Yu‐Chien Lin +12 more
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