ReviewNature2017
Progress in and promise of bacterial quorum sensing research.
Review in Nature, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 508 papers.
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508 citing papers in PubMed.
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- MrtR ofProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2026Article
- The Tol-Pal System Promotes Pseudoiodinine Production by Enhancing Bacterial Growth inMicroorganisms · 2026Article
- Revealing the secrets of quorum sensing: a comprehensive review from signal mechanisms to practical applications.Science China. Life sciences · 2026Review
- Domain-Swapped LuxR-Type Quorum Sensing Receptors Reveal Divergent Ligand-Response Mechanisms among Homologues.Journal of the American Chemical Society · 2026Article
- Revisiting plant-microbe interaction mechanisms for developing efficient biostimulants.Folia microbiologica · 2026Review
- Engineered bacteria as exogenous organelle mimics restore PTEN and p53 tumor suppressor functions for cancer therapy.Nature communications · 2026Article
- Characterization of a Novel Quorum QuencherPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Disarming Pseudomonas aeruginosa: repurposing vardenafil, valsartan, and olmesartan as anti-virulence and antibiofilm agents.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Cold Atmospheric Plasma in Periodontitis: Mechanisms, Antimicrobial and Immunomodulatory Effects, and Therapeutic Potential-A Comprehensive Review.Dentistry journal · 2026Review
- Targeting Quorum Sensing to Combat Foodborne Pathogens: A Dual Strategy Against Spoilage and Pathogenesis.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Microbial quorum sensing signals, symbiosis, secrets and sabotage.Microbiology (Reading, England) · 2026Review
- Coumarins Disrupt Cell-Cell Communication and Virulence in Priority Pathogens: Targeting the PQS Signalling System in Pseudomonas aeruginosa.Microbial biotechnology · 2026Article
- Inverse stable isotopic labeling for natural product characterization and discovery.Natural product reports · 2026Review
- Functional Characterisation of the Quorum-Sensing Regulator ExpRMolecular plant pathology · 2026Article
- Comparative Analysis of Quorum Sensing-Dependent Transcriptomic Responses in Phytopathogenic Burkholderia spp.The plant pathology journal · 2026Article
- Mechanism insights into the regulation of the LuxS/AI-2 quorum sensing system on the formation of viable but nonculturable state in biofilm cells of beer-spoilage Lactiplantibacillus plantarum.Journal of advanced research · 2026Article
448 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
Corrections and comments
- Erratum issued
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3 authors.
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Abstract
This Review highlights how we can build upon the relatively new and rapidly developing field of research into bacterial quorum sensing (QS). We now have a depth of knowledge about how bacteria use QS signals to communicate with each other and to coordinate their activities. In recent years there have been extraordinary advances in our understanding of the genetics, genomics, biochemistry, and signal diversity of QS. We are beginning to understand the connections between QS and bacterial sociality. This foundation places us at the beginning of a new era in which researchers will be able to work towards new medicines to treat devastating infectious diseases, and use bacteria to understand the biology of sociality.
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