Genetics: From Genes to Genomes
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Author: Leland Hartwell Dr., Michael L. Goldberg Professor Dr., Janice Fischer, Leroy Hood Dr.
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Chapter 16, Problem 44P
Quorum sensing controls the expression of virulence in many pathogenic bacteria. Usually, pathogens express toxins in response to receptor activation by ligand binding at high cell density. V. cholerae (the causative agent of cholera) does the opposite; its virulence genes are expressed only at low cell density because its quorum-sensing receptor is repressed by ligand binding. The unusual “reversed” mechanism for activating virulence genes in V. cholerae has suggested to scientists a simple idea for generating a new kind of antibiotic for the treatment of cholera. Explain?
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Genetics: From Genes to Genomes
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