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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

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

Lenz D, Bassler B. The small nucleoid protein Fis is involved in Vibrio cholerae quorum sensing. Mol Microbiol. 2007;63(3):859–71. PMID: 17181781

Markowitz D, Collman F, Brody C, Hopfield J, Tank D. Rate-specific synchrony: using noisy oscillations to detect equally active neurons. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008;105(24):8422–7. PMCID: PMC2448852

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

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

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

Waters C, Lu W, Rabinowitz J, Bassler B. Quorum sensing controls biofilm formation in Vibrio cholerae through modulation of cyclic di-GMP levels and repression of vpsT. J Bacteriol. 2008;190(7):2527–36. PMCID: PMC2293178

Svenningsen S, Waters C, Bassler B. A negative feedback loop involving small RNAs accelerates Vibrio cholerae’s transition out of quorum-sensing mode. Genes Dev. 2008;22(2):226–38. PMCID: PMC2192756