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Optimal Census by Quorum Sensing

Quorum sensing is the regulation of gene expression in response to changes in cell density. To measure their cell density, bacterial populations produce and detect diffusible molecules called autoinducers. Individual bacteria internally represent the external concentration of autoinducers via the le...

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Autores principales: Taillefumier, Thibaud, Wingreen, Ned S.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4428632/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25965377
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004238