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Lactones

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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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    Klaus J, Coulon P, Koirala P, Seyedsayamdost M, Déziel E, Chandler J. Secondary metabolites from the Burkholderia pseudomallei complex: structure, ecology, and evolution. J Ind Microbiol Biotechnol. 2020;47(9-10):877–887. PMCID: PMC7746414
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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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    Mao D, Yoshimura A, Wang R, Seyedsayamdost M. Reporter-Guided Transposon Mutant Selection for Activation of Silent Gene Clusters in Burkholderia thailandensis. Chembiochem. 2020;21(13):1826–1831. PMCID: PMC7493819
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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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    Klaus J, Deay J, Neuenswander B, Hursh W, Gao Z, Bouddhara T, Williams T, Douglas J, Monize K, Martins P, Majerczyk C, Seyedsayamdost M, Peterson B, Rivera M, Chandler J. Malleilactone Is a Burkholderia pseudomallei Virulence Factor Regulated by Antibiotics and Quorum Sensing. J Bacteriol. 2018;200(14). PMCID: PMC6018353
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    Mao D, Bushin L, Moon K, Wu Y, Seyedsayamdost M. Discovery of as a global regulator of secondary metabolism and virulence in E264. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2017;114(14):E2920-E2928. PMCID: PMC5389298
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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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    Seyedsayamdost M. High-throughput platform for the discovery of elicitors of silent bacterial gene clusters. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2014;111(20):7266–71. PMCID: PMC4034229
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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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    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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    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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    O’Loughlin C, Miller L, Siryaporn A, Drescher K, Semmelhack M, Bassler B. A quorum-sensing inhibitor blocks Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence and biofilm formation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2013;110(44):17981–6. PMCID: PMC3816427
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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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