Quorum sensing

Parent categories	3. Information processing 3.4. Regulation of gene expression
Neighbouring categories	3.4.1. Sigma factors and their control 3.4.2. Transcription factors and their control 3.4.3. Trigger enzymes 3.4.4. RNA binding regulators 3.4.5. Regulators of core metabolism 3.4.6. Transition state regulators 3.4.7. Phosphorelay 3.4.8. Quorum sensing 3.4.9. Other regulators
Related categories	none
Overview on the categories (Excel file) All genes and their categories (Excel file)

Genes in this functional category

• comA
• comP
• comQ
• comX
• luxS
• phrA
• phrC
• phrE
• phrF
• phrG
• phrH
• phrI
• phrK
• rapA
• rapC
• rapD
• rapE
• rapF
• rapG
• rapH
• rapI
• rapK

Important reviews and original publications

Eran Even-Tov, Shira Omer Bendori, Julie Valastyan, Xiaobo Ke, Shaul Pollak, Tasneem Bareia, Ishay Ben-Zion, Bonnie L Bassler, Avigdor Eldar
Social Evolution Selects for Redundancy in Bacterial Quorum Sensing.
PLoS Biol: 2016, 14(2);e1002386
[PubMed:26927849] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Shaul Pollak, Shira Omer-Bendori, Eran Even-Tov, Valeria Lipsman, Tasneem Bareia, Ishay Ben-Zion, Avigdor Eldar
Facultative cheating supports the coexistence of diverse quorum-sensing alleles.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2016, 113(8);2152-7
[PubMed:26787913] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Fang Zhang, Anna Kwan, Amy Xu, Gürol M Süel
A Synthetic Quorum Sensing System Reveals a Potential Private Benefit for Public Good Production in a Biofilm.
PLoS One: 2015, 10(7);e0132948
[PubMed:26196509] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I e)

Evelien Wynendaele, Bert Gevaert, Sofie Stalmans, Frederick Verbeke, Bart De Spiegeleer
Exploring the chemical space of quorum sensing peptides.
Biopolymers: 2015, 104(5);544-51
[PubMed:25846138] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Ashwani Kumar, Tiratha Raj Singh
A quantitative study of gene regulatory pathways in Bacillus subtilis for virulence and competence phenotype by quorum sensing.
Syst Synth Biol: 2013, 7(1-2);33-9
[PubMed:24432140] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)

Anna Oslizlo, Polonca Stefanic, Iztok Dogsa, Ines Mandic-Mulec
Private link between signal and response in Bacillus subtilis quorum sensing.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A: 2014, 111(4);1586-91
[PubMed:24425772] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (I p)

Matthew Thoendel, Alexander R Horswill
Biosynthesis of peptide signals in gram-positive bacteria.
Adv Appl Microbiol: 2010, 71;91-112
[PubMed:20378052] [WorldCat.org] [DOI] (P p)