A method for altering the substrate specificity of LuxR proteins may facilitate the engineering of artificial communication systems among cells.
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Michnick, S. A luxRury of synthetic signals. Nat Biotechnol 24, 658–660 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0606-658
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