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    Valastyan J, Kraml C, Pelczer I, Ferrante T, Bassler B. Saccharomyces cerevisiae Requires To Produce 4-Hydroxy-5-Methylfuran-3(2H)-One, a Mimic of the Bacterial Quorum-Sensing Autoinducer AI-2. mBio. 2021;12(2). PMCID: PMC8092285
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    Li A, Mao D, Yoshimura A, Rosen P, Martin L, Gallant Étienne, Wühr M, Seyedsayamdost M. Multi-Omic Analyses Provide Links between Low-Dose Antibiotic Treatment and Induction of Secondary Metabolism in Burkholderia thailandensis. mBio. 2020;11(1). PMCID: PMC7042699
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    Bridges A, Bassler B. The intragenus and interspecies quorum-sensing autoinducers exert distinct control over Vibrio cholerae biofilm formation and dispersal. PLoS Biol. 2019;17(11):e3000429. PMCID: PMC6872173
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    Hurley A, Bassler B. Asymmetric regulation of quorum-sensing receptors drives autoinducer-specific gene expression programs in Vibrio cholerae. PLoS Genet. 2017;13(5):e1006826. PMCID: PMC5467912
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    Bassler B, Wright M, Showalter R, Silverman M. Intercellular signalling in Vibrio harveyi: sequence and function of genes regulating expression of luminescence. Mol Microbiol. 1993;9(4):773–86. PMID: 8231809
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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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    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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    Chen X, Schauder S, Potier N, Van Dorsselaer A, Pelczer I, Bassler B, Hughson F. Structural identification of a bacterial quorum-sensing signal containing boron. Nature. 2002;415(6871):545–9. PMID: 11823863
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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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    Taga M, Miller S, Bassler B. Lsr-mediated transport and processing of AI-2 in Salmonella typhimurium. Mol Microbiol. 2003;50(4):1411–27. PMID: 14622426
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    Xavier K, Bassler B. LuxS quorum sensing: more than just a numbers game. Curr Opin Microbiol. 2003;6(2):191–7. PMID: 12732311
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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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    Neiditch M, Federle M, Miller S, Bassler B, Hughson F. Regulation of LuxPQ receptor activity by the quorum-sensing signal autoinducer-2. Mol Cell. 2005;18(5):507–18. PMID: 15916958
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    Xavier K, Bassler B. Interference with AI-2-mediated bacterial cell-cell communication. Nature. 2005;437(7059):750–3. PMCID: PMC1388276
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    Xavier K, Bassler B. Regulation of uptake and processing of the quorum-sensing autoinducer AI-2 in Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol. 2005;187(1):238–48. PMCID: PMC538819
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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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    Neiditch M, Federle M, Pompeani A, Kelly R, Swem D, Jeffrey P, Bassler B, Hughson F. Ligand-induced asymmetry in histidine sensor kinase complex regulates quorum sensing. Cell. 2006;126(6):1095–108. PMCID: PMC3468944
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    Xavier K, Miller S, Lu W, Kim J, Rabinowitz J, Pelczer I, Semmelhack M, Bassler B. Phosphorylation and processing of the quorum-sensing molecule autoinducer-2 in enteric bacteria. ACS Chem Biol. 2007;2(2):128–36. PMID: 17274596
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    Rader B, Campagna S, Semmelhack M, Bassler B, Guillemin K. The quorum-sensing molecule autoinducer 2 regulates motility and flagellar morphogenesis in Helicobacter pylori. J Bacteriol. 2007;189(17):6109–17. PMCID: PMC1951907
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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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    Ismail A, Valastyan J, Bassler B. A Host-Produced Autoinducer-2 Mimic Activates Bacterial Quorum Sensing. Cell Host Microbe. 2016;19(4):470–80. PMCID: PMC4869860
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