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Bacterial Esperanto

The structure of a bacterial pheromone bound to its receptor sheds light on cell–cell signaling in bacteria.

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Figure 1: Production and detection of a universal bacterial pheromone.

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Winans, S. Bacterial Esperanto. Nat Struct Mol Biol 9, 83–84 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/nsb0202-83

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