title: Mixed messages: how bacteria resolve conflicting signals.
abstract: An elegant new study by Bollenbach and Kishony (2011) in this issue of Molecular Cell shows how bacteria resolve the apparent conflicts created when they face two signals with opposite effects on gene expression.
authors: Division of Biology, California Institute of Technology, 1200 East California, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA. youngj@caltech.edu
authors: Jonathan W
authors: JW
authors: Young
authors: Michael B
authors: MB
authors: Elowitz
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