Intercellular signalling. Knowing that you're among friends.

abstract

• Factors that are simultaneously secreted and sensed are used by cells to monitor local cell density; a recently discovered factor of this type controls the transformation-competence of Bacillus subtilis.

authors

• Gomer, Richard

published proceedings

• Curr Biol

author list (cited authors)

• Gomer, R. H.

citation count

• 9

complete list of authors

• Gomer, RH

publication date

• January 1994

publisher

• Elsevier  Publisher

published in

• Current Biology  Journal

keywords

• 4-butyrolactone
• Amino Acids
• Animals
• Bacillus Subtilis
• Biological Factors
• Cell Adhesion Molecules
• Dictyostelium
• Fungal Proteins
• Growth Substances
• Myxococcus Xanthus
• Peptides
• Protozoan Proteins
• Receptors, Cell Surface
• Transformation, Bacterial
• Vibrio

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/s0960-9822(00)00163-9

start page

• 734

end page

• 735

volume

• 4

issue

• 8

URL

• http%3A%2F%2Fdx.doi.org%2F10.1016%2Fs0960-9822%2800%2900163-9