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Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 3, 685-695 (September 2002) | doi:10.1038/nrm907
Listening in on bacteria: acyl-homoserine lactone signalling
Clay Fuqua1 & E. Peter Greenberg2 About the authors
Abstract
Bacterial cell-to-cell signalling has emerged as a new area in microbiology. Individual bacterial cells communicate with each other and co-ordinate group activities. Although a lot of detail is known about the mechanisms of a few well-characterized bacterial communication systems, other systems have been discovered only recently. Bacterial intercellular communication has become a target for the development of new anti-virulence drugs.
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Author affiliations
- Department of Biology, Indiana University, Jordan Hall 142, 1001 East 3rd Street, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, USA.
- Department of Microbiology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52242, USA.
Correspondence to: E. Peter Greenberg2 Email: everett-greenberg@uiowa.edu
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