Quorum sensing (Microbiology)
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found: Work cat.: Noise regulation through quorum sensing, 2006.
found: MeSH, Sept. 25, 2007(hdg.: Quorum sensing; scope note: A phenomenon where microorganisms communicate and coordinate their behavior by the accumulation of signaling molecules. A reaction occurs when a substance accumulates to a sufficient concentration. This is most commonly seen in bacteria)
found: Oxford dict. of biochemistry and molecular biology, 2006(quorum sensing: the process by which bacteria detect their population cell density and use the information to regulate gene expression accordingly)
found: MediLexicon, Sept. 25, 2007(Quorum sensing, a phenomenon in bacteria that limits certain behaviors to occurring only above certain population density)
found: Wikipedia, Sept. 25, 2007(Quorum sensing is the process by which many bacteria coordinate gene expression according to the local density of bacteria producing signaling molecules)
found: PubMed, Sept. 25, 2007(term "quorum sensing" used in the title of ca. 763 scientific articles; quorum sensing's usefulness as a biological marker derives from the finding that certain behaviors in microorganisms, mainly bacteria, only take place when these work in groups about certain population density, i.e. when these have quorum)
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2007-09-28: new
2007-11-09: revised
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