Dual-function quorum-sensing systems in bacterial pathogens and symbionts

Kelsey Barrasso; Samit Watve; Chelsea A. Simpson; Logan J. Geyman; Julia C. van Kessel; Wai-Leung Ng

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1008934

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Dual-function quorum-sensing systems in bacterial pathogens and symbionts

Kelsey Barrasso ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Kelsey Barrasso, Samit Watve, Chelsea A. Simpson

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Program in Molecular Microbiology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3908-3953

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Samit Watve ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Kelsey Barrasso, Samit Watve, Chelsea A. Simpson

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7833-7610

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Chelsea A. Simpson ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Kelsey Barrasso, Samit Watve, Chelsea A. Simpson

Affiliation Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America
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Logan J. Geyman,

Affiliation Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6697-6725

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Julia C. van Kessel ,

* E-mail: jcvk@indiana.edu (JCVK); wai-leung.ng@tufts.edu (WLN)

Affiliation Department of Biology, Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, United States of America
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Wai-Leung Ng

* E-mail: jcvk@indiana.edu (JCVK); wai-leung.ng@tufts.edu (WLN)

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Program in Molecular Microbiology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8966-6604

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Dual-function quorum-sensing systems in bacterial pathogens and symbionts

Kelsey Barrasso,
Samit Watve,
Chelsea A. Simpson,
Logan J. Geyman,
Julia C. van Kessel,
Wai-Leung Ng

Published: October 29, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.1008934

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