Quorum sensing: alcohols in a social situation.
Many microbes use extracellular signals to transmit information about population density and environmental conditions. Recent evidence suggests that the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae exhibits this type of regulation and that the signals are aromatic alcohols.
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Deborah A
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Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Dartmouth Medical School HB7550, Hanover, New Hampshire 03755, USA. Deborah.A.Hogan@Darthmouth.edu
D025301:Hyphae / Q000254:growth & development / Q000378:metabolism; D007211:Indoles / Q000378:metabolism*; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000378:metabolism; D010626:Phenylethyl Alcohol / Q000378:metabolism*; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism*; D015398:Signal Transduction; D000438:Alcohols
D007211:Indoles; D009584:Nitrogen; D010626:Phenylethyl Alcohol; C005949:tryptophol; D000438:Alcohols