Active Regulation of Receptor Ratios Controls Integration of Quorum Sensing Signals in Vibrio harveyi Table of Contents
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Active regulation of receptor ratios controls integration of quorum-sensing signals in Vibrio harveyi
Quorum sensing is a chemical signaling mechanism used by bacteria to communicate and orchestrate group behaviors. Multiple feedback loops exist in the quorum-sensing circuit of the model bacterium Vibrio harveyi. Using fluorescence microscopy of individual cells, we assayed the activity of the quorum-sensing circuit, with a focus on defining the functions of the feedback loops. We quantitativel...
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