Analogous Telesensing Pathways Regulate Mating and Virulence in Two Opportunistic Human Pathogens

ABSTRACT Telesensing, or probing of the environment by the release of chemical messengers, plays a central role in the sexual programs of microbial organisms. Sex pheromones secreted by mating cells are sensed by potential partner cells and mediate cell-to-cell contact and the subsequent exchange of...

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Main Authors: Richard J. Bennett, Gary M. Dunny
Format: article
Language:EN
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2010
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Online Access:https://doaj.org/article/a280e90a722546a7a344cd31bac6830a
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