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Controlling the activity of quorum sensing autoinducers with light

Bacteria use a communication system, called quorum sensing (QS), to organize into communities and synchronize gene expression to promote virulence and secure survival. Here we report on a proof-of-principle for externally interfering with this bacterial communication system, using light. By employin...

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Autores principales: Van der Berg, J. P., Velema, W. A., Szymanski, W., Driessen, A. J. M., Feringa, B. L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Royal Society of Chemistry 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5659144/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29511521
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c5sc00215j