title: Chemical Talking with Living Systems: Molecular Switches Steer Quorum Sensing in Bacteria.
abstract: New avenues in bacterial engineering: An azobenzene molecular switch has been incorporated into an autoinducer for quorum sensing (QS) in bacteria. The authors demonstrated that irradiation with different wavelengths of light influences the QS system thereby controlling gene expression as well as the phenotype, as exemplified by pyocyanin production.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Organische Chemie, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 58, 35392 Gießen (Germany).
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Schweighauser
authors.affiliation: Institut für Organische Chemie, Justus-Liebig-Universität, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 58, 35392 Gießen (Germany). hermann.a.wegner@org.chemie.uni-giessen.de.
authors.forename: Hermann A
authors.initials: HA
authors.lastname: Wegner
mesh_terms: D001391:Azo Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial / Q000528:radiation effects; D008027:Light; D008954:Models, Biological; D011710:Pyocyanine / Q000378:metabolism; D053038:Quorum Sensing
chemical_list: D001391:Azo Compounds; D011710:Pyocyanine; C009850:azobenzene
keywords: azobenzene; bacteria; molecular switches; photoswitches; quorum sensing