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Social Evolution and Regulatory Architecture of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Quorum Sensing

Creator:

Asfahl, Kyle L.

Abstract:

Cell-cell communication in bacteria is understood to facilitate the coordination of population-wide cooperative behavior in the form of concerted gene expression. The opportunistic pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa uses such a communication mechanism to regulate a large group of genes important to virulence strategies in this bacterium. This general mechanism of communication...

Resource Type:

Dissertation