Bacterial autoinduction: looking outside the cell for new metabolic engineering targets

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Recent evidence has demonstrated that cell-to-cell signaling is a fundamental activity carried out by numerous microorganisms. A number of specialized processes are reported to be regulated by density-dependent signaling molecules including antibiotic production,...

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Main Authors: DeLisa Matthew P, Bentley William E
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2002-12-01
Series:Microbial Cell Factories
Online Access:http://www.microbialcellfactories.com/content/1/1/5