A Host-Produced Quorum-Sensing Autoinducer Controls a Phage Lysis-Lysogeny Decision
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DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2018.10.059
Abstract: Vibrio cholerae uses a quorum-sensing (QS) system composed of the autoinducer 3,5-dimethylpyrazin-2-ol (DPO) and receptor VqmA (VqmAVc), which together repress genes for virulence and biofilm formation. vqmA genes exist in Vibrio and in one vibriophage,… read more here.
Keywords: phage; lysogeny; quorum sensing; lysis ... See more keywords