title: Quorum sensing and starvation: signals for entry into stationary phase.
abstract: Quorum sensing occurs at high cell density in many microorganisms. It regulates specialized processes such as genetic competence, bioluminescence, virulence, and sporulation. However, recent evidence suggests that quorum-sensing may play a more central role in the physiology of bacteria, where quorum-sensing pathways converge with starvation-sensing pathways to regulate cell entry into stationary phase.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90095-1489, USA. bethl@microbio.ucla.edu
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: Lazazzera
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D001412:Bacillus subtilis / Q000166:cytology* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism*; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D005798:Genes, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology; D010675:Pheromones / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D010675:Pheromones; D014157:Transcription Factors