Quorum sensing signal–response systems in Gram-negative bacteria

K Papenfort, BL Bassler - Nature Reviews Microbiology, 2016 - nature.com
Bacteria use quorum sensing to orchestrate gene expression programmes that underlie
collective behaviours. Quorum sensing relies on the production, release, detection and …

Bacterial quorum sensing: its role in virulence and possibilities for its control

ST Rutherford, BL Bassler - Cold Spring …, 2012 - perspectivesinmedicine.cshlp.org
Quorum sensing is a process of cell–cell communication that allows bacteria to share
information about cell density and adjust gene expression accordingly. This process …

Specificity and complexity in bacterial quorum-sensing systems

LA Hawver, SA Jung, WL Ng - FEMS microbiology reviews, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Quorum sensing (QS) is a microbial cell-to-cell communication process that relies on the
production and detection of chemical signals called autoinducers (AIs) to monitor cell …

The intragenus and interspecies quorum-sensing autoinducers exert distinct control over Vibrio cholerae biofilm formation and dispersal

AA Bridges, BL Bassler - PLoS biology, 2019 - journals.plos.org
Vibrio cholerae possesses multiple quorum-sensing (QS) systems that control virulence and
biofilm formation among other traits. At low cell densities, when QS autoinducers are absent …

Signal production and detection specificity in Vibrio CqsA/CqsS quorum‐sensing systems

WL Ng, LJ Perez, Y Wei, C Kraml… - Molecular …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
Quorum sensing is a process of bacterial cell–cell communication that enables populations
of cells to carry out behaviours in unison. Quorum sensing involves detection of the density …

Parallel quorum-sensing system in Vibrio cholerae prevents signal interference inside the host

S Watve, K Barrasso, SA Jung, KJ Davis… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Many bacteria use quorum sensing (QS) to regulate virulence factor production in response
to changes in population density. QS is mediated through the production, secretion, and …

Mechanism of Vibrio cholerae autoinducer-1 biosynthesis

Y Wei, LJ Perez, WL Ng, MF Semmelhack… - ACS chemical …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Vibrio cholerae, the causative agent of the disease cholera, uses a cell to cell
communication process called quorum sensing to control biofilm formation and virulence …

Methyl 3‐Hydroxymyristate, a Diffusible Signal Mediating phc Quorum Sensing in Ralstonia solanacearum

K Kai, H Ohnishi, M Shimatani, S Ishikawa… - …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Ralstonia solanacearum, a plant pathogenic bacterium causing “bacterial wilt” on crops,
uses a quorum sensing (QS) system consisting of phc regulatory elements to control its …

Fatty acid DSF binds and allosterically activates histidine kinase RpfC of phytopathogenic bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pv. campestris to regulate quorum …

Z Cai, ZH Yuan, H Zhang, Y Pan, Y Wu, XQ Tian… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
As well as their importance to nutrition, fatty acids (FA) represent a unique group of quorum
sensing chemicals that modulate the behavior of bacterial population in virulence. However …

Broad spectrum pro-quorum-sensing molecules as inhibitors of virulence in vibrios

WL Ng, L Perez, J Cong, MF Semmelhack… - PLoS …, 2012 - journals.plos.org
Quorum sensing (QS) is a bacterial cell-cell communication process that relies on the
production and detection of extracellular signal molecules called autoinducers. QS allows …