Microbial Communication Superhighways
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چکیده
Exchange of information is critical for bacterial social behaviors. Now Dubey and Ben-Yehuda (2011) provide evidence for bacterial "nanotube" conduits that allow microbes to directly exchange cytoplasmic factors. Protein and DNA transfer between distantly related species raises the prospect of a new, widely distributed mechanism of bacterial communication.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Cell
دوره 144 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2011