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Analogous Telesensing Pathways Regulate Mating and Virulence in Two Opportunistic Human Pathogens

Telesensing, or probing of the environment by the release of chemical messengers, plays a central role in the sexual programs of microbial organisms. Sex pheromones secreted by mating cells are sensed by potential partner cells and mediate cell-to-cell contact and the subsequent exchange of genetic...

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Autores principales: Bennett, Richard J., Dunny, Gary M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society of Microbiology 2010
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2934609/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20827374
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mBio.00181-10