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    McCready A, Paczkowski J, Henke B, Bassler B. Structural determinants driving homoserine lactone ligand selection in the LasR quorum-sensing receptor. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2019;116(1):245–254. PMCID: PMC6320529
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    Paczkowski J, McCready A, Cong J-P, Li Z, Jeffrey P, Smith C, Henke B, Hughson F, Bassler B. An Autoinducer Analogue Reveals an Alternative Mode of Ligand Binding for the LasR Quorum-Sensing Receptor. ACS Chem Biol. 2019;14(3):378–389. PMCID: PMC6601336
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    Truong T, Seyedsayamdost M, Greenberg P, Chandler J. A Burkholderia thailandensis Acyl-Homoserine Lactone-Independent Orphan LuxR Homolog That Activates Production of the Cytotoxin Malleilactone. J Bacteriol. 2015;197(21):3456–62. PMCID: PMC4621068
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    Mukherjee S, Moustafa D, Smith C, Goldberg J, Bassler B. The RhlR quorum-sensing receptor controls Pseudomonas aeruginosa pathogenesis and biofilm development independently of its canonical homoserine lactone autoinducer. PLoS Pathog. 2017;13(7):e1006504. PMCID: PMC5531660
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    Bassler B, Wright M, Silverman M. Multiple signalling systems controlling expression of luminescence in Vibrio harveyi: sequence and function of genes encoding a second sensory pathway. Mol Microbiol. 1994;13(2):273–86. PMID: 7984107
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    Surette M, Bassler B. Regulation of autoinducer production in Salmonella typhimurium. Mol Microbiol. 1999;31(2):585–95. PMID: 10027975
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    Surette M, Miller M, Bassler B. Quorum sensing in Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhimurium, and Vibrio harveyi: a new family of genes responsible for autoinducer production. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1999;96(4):1639–44. PMCID: PMC15544
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    Miller M, Bassler B. Quorum sensing in bacteria. Annu Rev Microbiol. 2001;55:165–99. PMID: 11544353
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    Schauder S, Bassler B. The languages of bacteria. Genes Dev. 2001;15(12):1468–80. PMID: 11410527
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    Schauder S, Shokat K, Surette M, Bassler B. The LuxS family of bacterial autoinducers: biosynthesis of a novel quorum-sensing signal molecule. Mol Microbiol. 2001;41(2):463–76. PMID: 11489131
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    Miller M, Skorupski K, Lenz D, Taylor R, Bassler B. Parallel quorum sensing systems converge to regulate virulence in Vibrio cholerae. Cell. 2002;110(3):303–14. PMID: 12176318
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    Winans S, Bassler B. Mob psychology. J Bacteriol. 2002;184(4):873–83. PMCID: PMC134813
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    Federle M, Bassler B. Interspecies communication in bacteria. J Clin Invest. 2003;112(9):1291–9. PMCID: PMC228483
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    Mok K, Wingreen N, Bassler B. Vibrio harveyi quorum sensing: a coincidence detector for two autoinducers controls gene expression. EMBO J. 2003;22(4):870–81. PMCID: PMC145445
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    Henke J, Bassler B. Three parallel quorum-sensing systems regulate gene expression in Vibrio harveyi. J Bacteriol. 2004;186(20):6902–14. PMCID: PMC522208
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    Henke J, Bassler B. Quorum sensing regulates type III secretion in Vibrio harveyi and Vibrio parahaemolyticus. J Bacteriol. 2004;186(12):3794–805. PMCID: PMC419960
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    Camilli A, Bassler B. Bacterial small-molecule signaling pathways. Science. 2006;311(5764):1113–6. PMCID: PMC2776824
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    Bassler B. Cell-to-cell communication in bacteria: a chemical discourse. Harvey Lect. 2004;100:123–42. PMID: 16970177
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    Swem L, Swem D, Wingreen N, Bassler B. Deducing receptor signaling parameters from in vivo analysis: LuxN/AI-1 quorum sensing in Vibrio harveyi. Cell. 2008;134(3):461–73. PMCID: PMC2585989
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    Long T, Tu K, Wang Y, Mehta P, Ong N, Bassler B, Wingreen N. Quantifying the integration of quorum-sensing signals with single-cell resolution. PLoS Biol. 2009;7(3):e68. PMCID: PMC2661960
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    Chen G, Swem L, Swem D, Stauff D, O’Loughlin C, Jeffrey P, Bassler B, Hughson F. A strategy for antagonizing quorum sensing. Mol Cell. 2011;42(2):199–209. PMCID: PMC3092643
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    Ke X, Miller L, Bassler B. Determinants governing ligand specificity of the Vibrio harveyi LuxN quorum-sensing receptor. Mol Microbiol. 2015;95(1):127–42. PMCID: PMC4275348
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