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Vibrio

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    Eickhoff M, Fei C, Cong J-P, Bassler B. LuxT Is a Global Regulator of Low-Cell-Density Behaviors, Including Type III Secretion, Siderophore Production, and Aerolysin Production, in Vibrio harveyi. mBio. 2022;13(1):e0362121. PMCID: PMC8764538
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    Silpe J, Bassler B. A Host-Produced Quorum-Sensing Autoinducer Controls a Phage Lysis-Lysogeny Decision. Cell. 2019;176(1-2):268–280.e13. PMCID: PMC6329655
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    McRose D, Baars O, Seyedsayamdost M, Morel F. Quorum sensing and iron regulate a two-for-one siderophore gene cluster in . Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2018;115(29):7581–7586. PMCID: PMC6055174
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    Bassler B, Gibbons P, Roseman S. Chemotaxis to chitin oligosaccharides by Vibrio furnissii, a chitinivorous marine bacterium. Biochem Biophys Res Commun. 1989;161(3):1172–6. PMID: 2742582
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    Bassler B, Gibbons P, Yu C, Roseman S. Chitin utilization by marine bacteria. Chemotaxis to chitin oligosaccharides by Vibrio furnissii. J Biol Chem. 1991;266(36):24268–75. PMID: 1761532
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    Bassler B, Yu C, Lee Y, Roseman S. Chitin utilization by marine bacteria. Degradation and catabolism of chitin oligosaccharides by Vibrio furnissii. J Biol Chem. 1991;266(36):24276–86. PMID: 1761533
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    Yu C, Lee A, Bassler B, Roseman S. Chitin utilization by marine bacteria. A physiological function for bacterial adhesion to immobilized carbohydrates. J Biol Chem. 1991;266(36):24260–7. PMID: 1761531
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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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    Yu C, Bassler B, Roseman S. Chemotaxis of the marine bacterium Vibrio furnissii to sugars. A potential mechanism for initiating the chitin catabolic cascade. J Biol Chem. 1993;268(13):9405–9. PMID: 8486635
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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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    Bassler B, Wright M, Silverman M. Sequence and function of LuxO, a negative regulator of luminescence in Vibrio harveyi. Mol Microbiol. 1994;12(3):403–12. PMID: 8065259
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    Bassler B, Greenberg E, Stevens A. Cross-species induction of luminescence in the quorum-sensing bacterium Vibrio harveyi. J Bacteriol. 1997;179(12):4043–5. PMCID: PMC179216
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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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    Freeman J, Lilley B, Bassler B. A genetic analysis of the functions of LuxN: a two-component hybrid sensor kinase that regulates quorum sensing in Vibrio harveyi. Mol Microbiol. 2000;35(1):139–49. PMID: 10632884
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    Lilley B, Bassler B. Regulation of quorum sensing in Vibrio harveyi by LuxO and sigma-54. Mol Microbiol. 2000;36(4):940–54. PMID: 10844680
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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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    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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    Lenz D, Mok K, Lilley B, Kulkarni R, Wingreen N, Bassler B. The small RNA chaperone Hfq and multiple small RNAs control quorum sensing in Vibrio harveyi and Vibrio cholerae. Cell. 2004;118(1):69–82. PMID: 15242645
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    Semmelhack M, Campagna S, Hwa C, Federle M, Bassler B. Boron binding with the quorum sensing signal AI-2 and analogues. Org Lett. 2004;6(15):2635–7. PMID: 15255709
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    Ulrich D, Thompson R, Bassler B, Cavanagh J, Loria P. 1H, 15N, and 13C chemical shift assignments of the Vibrio harveyi histidine phosphotransferase protein LuxU. J Biomol NMR. 2004;29(4):551–2. PMID: 15243194
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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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    Semmelhack M, Campagna S, Federle M, Bassler B. An expeditious synthesis of DPD and boron binding studies. Org Lett. 2005;7(4):569–72. PMID: 15704896
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    Ulrich D, Kojetin D, Bassler B, Cavanagh J, Loria P. Solution structure and dynamics of LuxU from Vibrio harveyi, a phosphotransferase protein involved in bacterial quorum sensing. J Mol Biol. 2005;347(2):297–307. PMID: 15740742
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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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    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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    Tu K, Bassler B. Multiple small RNAs act additively to integrate sensory information and control quorum sensing in Vibrio harveyi. Genes Dev. 2007;21(2):221–33. PMCID: PMC1770904
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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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    Pompeani A, Irgon J, Berger M, Bulyk M, Wingreen N, Bassler B. The Vibrio harveyi master quorum-sensing regulator, LuxR, a TetR-type protein is both an activator and a repressor: DNA recognition and binding specificity at target promoters. Mol Microbiol. 2008;70(1):76–88. PMCID: PMC2628434
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    Tu K, Waters C, Svenningsen S, Bassler B. A small-RNA-mediated negative feedback loop controls quorum-sensing dynamics in Vibrio harveyi. Mol Microbiol. 2008;70(4):896–907. PMCID: PMC2680268
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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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    Ng W-L, Bassler B. Bacterial quorum-sensing network architectures. Annu Rev Genet. 2009;43:197–222. PMCID: PMC4313539
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    Mehta P, Goyal S, Long T, Bassler B, Wingreen N. Information processing and signal integration in bacterial quorum sensing. Mol Syst Biol. 2009;5:325. PMCID: PMC2795473
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    Tu K, Long T, Svenningsen S, Wingreen N, Bassler B. Negative feedback loops involving small regulatory RNAs precisely control the Vibrio harveyi quorum-sensing response. Mol Cell. 2010;37(4):567–79. PMCID: PMC2844700
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    Teng S-W, Wang Y, Tu K, Long T, Mehta P, Wingreen N, Bassler B, Ong N. Measurement of the copy number of the master quorum-sensing regulator of a bacterial cell. Biophys J. 2010;98(9):2024–31. PMCID: PMC2862190
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    Waters C, Wu J, Ramsey M, Harris R, Bassler B. Control of the type 3 secretion system in Vibrio harveyi by quorum sensing through repression of ExsA. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2010;76(15):4996–5004. PMCID: PMC2916497
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    Ng W-L, Perez L, Wei Y, Kraml C, Semmelhack M, Bassler B. Signal production and detection specificity in Vibrio CqsA/CqsS quorum-sensing systems. Mol Microbiol. 2011;79(6):1407–17. PMCID: PMC3285556
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    Rutherford S, van Kessel J, Shao Y, Bassler B. AphA and LuxR/HapR reciprocally control quorum sensing in vibrios. Genes Dev. 2011;25(4):397–408. PMCID: PMC3042162
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    Shao Y, Bassler B. Quorum-sensing non-coding small RNAs use unique pairing regions to differentially control mRNA targets. Mol Microbiol. 2012;83(3):599–611. PMCID: PMC3262071
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    van Kessel J, Rutherford S, Shao Y, Utria A, Bassler B. Individual and combined roles of the master regulators AphA and LuxR in control of the Vibrio harveyi quorum-sensing regulon. J Bacteriol. 2013;195(3):436–43. PMCID: PMC3554009
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    Shao Y, Feng L, Rutherford S, Papenfort K, Bassler B. Functional determinants of the quorum-sensing non-coding RNAs and their roles in target regulation. EMBO J. 2013;32(15):2158–71. PMCID: PMC3730234
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    van Kessel J, Ulrich L, Zhulin I, Bassler B. Analysis of activator and repressor functions reveals the requirements for transcriptional control by LuxR, the master regulator of quorum sensing in Vibrio harveyi. mBio. 2013;4(4). PMCID: PMC3705450
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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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    Feng L, Rutherford S, Papenfort K, Bagert J, van Kessel J, Tirrell D, Wingreen N, Bassler B. A qrr noncoding RNA deploys four different regulatory mechanisms to optimize quorum-sensing dynamics. Cell. 2015;160(1-2):228–40. PMCID: PMC4313533
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    Rutherford S, Valastyan J, Taillefumier T, Wingreen N, Bassler B. Comprehensive analysis reveals how single nucleotides contribute to noncoding RNA function in bacterial quorum sensing. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015;112(44):E6038–47. PMCID: PMC4640798
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    Even-Tov E, Bendori S, Valastyan J, Ke X, Pollak S, Bareia T, Ben-Zion I, Bassler B, Eldar A. Social Evolution Selects for Redundancy in Bacterial Quorum Sensing. PLoS Biol. 2016;14(2):e1002386. PMCID: PMC4771773
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    van Kessel J, Rutherford S, Cong J-P, Quinodoz S, Healy J, Bassler B. Quorum sensing regulates the osmotic stress response in Vibrio harveyi. J Bacteriol. 2015;197(1):73–80. PMCID: PMC4288691
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