A Quorum-Sensing System That Regulates <named-content content-type="genus-species">Streptococcus pneumoniae</named-content> Biofilm Formation and Surface Polysaccharide Production

ABSTRACT Despite vaccines, Streptococcus pneumoniae kills more than a million people yearly. Thus, understanding how pneumococci transition from commensals to pathogens is particularly relevant. Quorum sensing regulates collective behaviors and thus represents a potential driver of commensal-to-path...

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Auteurs principaux: Roger Junges, Gabriela Salvadori, Sudhanshu Shekhar, Heidi A. Åmdal, Jimstan N. Periselneris, Tsute Chen, Jeremy S. Brown, Fernanda C. Petersen
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Publié: American Society for Microbiology 2017
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