Cell-to-Cell Communication Across the Prokaryote-Eukaryote Boundary
细胞
计算生物学
作者
Ian Joint,Karen Tait,Maureen E. Callow,James A. Callow,Debra L. Milton,Paul Williams,Miguel Cámara
出处
期刊:Science [American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)] 日期:2002-11-08卷期号:298 (5596): 1207-1207被引量:237
标识
DOI:10.1126/science.1077075
摘要
Bacteria are capable of complex assemblage behavior through cell-to-cell communication using diffusible chemical signal molecules that accumulate to a threshold concentration that activates target genes ([1][1]). This process, termed “quorum sensing,” has not been shown to cross the prokaryote-