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1.Mashruwala A, Bassler B. The Vibrio cholerae Quorum-Sensing Protein VqmA Integrates Cell Density, Environmental, and Host-Derived Cues into the Control of Virulence. mBio. 2020;11(4). PMCID: PMC7387800 Reference Link
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1.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 Reference Link
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1.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 Reference Link
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1.Paczkowski J, Mukherjee S, McCready A, Cong J-P, Aquino C, Kim H, Henke B, Smith C, Bassler B. Flavonoids Suppress Virulence through Allosteric Inhibition of Quorum-sensing Receptors. J Biol Chem. 2017;292(10):4064–4076. PMCID: PMC5354481 Reference Link
1.Bartlett T, Bratton B, Duvshani A, Miguel A, Sheng Y, Martin N, Nguyen J, Persat A, Desmarais S, VanNieuwenhze M, Huang K, Zhu J, Shaevitz J, Gitai Z. A Periplasmic Polymer Curves Vibrio cholerae and Promotes Pathogenesis. Cell. 2017;168(1-2):172–185.e15. PMCID: PMC5287421 Reference Link
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1.Miller M, Bassler B. Quorum sensing in bacteria. Annu Rev Microbiol. 2001;55:165–99. PMID: 11544353 Reference Link
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1.Zhu J, Miller M, Vance R, Dziejman M, Bassler B, Mekalanos J. Quorum-sensing regulators control virulence gene expression in Vibrio cholerae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2002;99(5):3129–34. PMCID: PMC122484 Reference Link
1.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 Reference Link
1.Camilli A, Bassler B. Bacterial small-molecule signaling pathways. Science. 2006;311(5764):1113–6. PMCID: PMC2776824 Reference Link
1.Hammer B, Bassler B. Regulatory small RNAs circumvent the conventional quorum sensing pathway in pandemic Vibrio cholerae. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2007;104(27):11145–9. PMCID: PMC1888797 Reference Link
1.Hammer B, Bassler B. Distinct sensory pathways in Vibrio cholerae El Tor and classical biotypes modulate cyclic dimeric GMP levels to control biofilm formation. J Bacteriol. 2009;191(1):169–77. PMCID: PMC2612459 Reference Link
1.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 Reference Link
1.Ng W-L, Perez L, Cong J, Semmelhack M, Bassler B. Broad spectrum pro-quorum-sensing molecules as inhibitors of virulence in vibrios. PLoS Pathog. 2012;8(6):e1002767. PMCID: PMC3386246 Reference Link
1.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 Reference Link