Saccharomyces cerevisiae Requires <i>CFF1</i> To Produce 4-Hydroxy-5-Methylfuran-3(2H)-One, a Mimic of the Bacterial Quorum-Sensing Autoinducer AI-2

oleh: Julie S. Valastyan, Christina M. Kraml, Istvan Pelczer, Thomas Ferrante, Bonnie L. Bassler

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: American Society for Microbiology 2021-04-01

Deskripsi

Quorum sensing is a cell-to-cell communication process that bacteria use to monitor local population density. Quorum sensing relies on extracellular signal molecules called autoinducers (AIs).