Learning the language of bacteria.
Bacteria "talk" with each other by using small molecules that enable individuals in a population to coordinate their behavior. This language is termed quorum sensing. Bacterial pathogens may use this language to decide when to attack a host organism; therefore, the development of artificial signals to interfere with this signal process has become an area of intense chemical research.
Hodgkinson
James T
JT
Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
Welch
Martin
M
Spring
David R
DR
D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena / Q000187:drug effects; D015195:Drug Design; D007109:Immunity / Q000187:drug effects; D053038:Quorum Sensing / Q000276:immunology*; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000819:agonists / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D015534:Trans-Activators / Q000819:agonists / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors
D012097:Repressor Proteins; D015534:Trans-Activators; C064778:LuxR autoinducer binding proteins