Quorum sensing by the Lyme disease spirochete

The Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, utilizes a LuxS/autoinducer-2-dependent quorum sensing mechanism to control a specific subset of bacterial proteins. It is hypothesized that this system facilitates transmission of B. burgdorferi from feeding ticks into warm-blooded hosts.

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Published in:	Microbes and Infection Vol. 5; no. 11; pp. 991 - 997
Main Authors:	Stevenson, Brian, von Lackum, Kate, Wattier, Rachel L., McAlister, Jason D., Miller, Jennifer C., Babb, Kelly
Format:	Book Review Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Lausanne Elsevier SAS 01-09-2003 Amsterdam Elsevier Paris
Subjects:	Animals Autoinducer Bacterial Proteins - genetics Bacterial Proteins - metabolism Bacteriology Biological and medical sciences Borrelia burgdorferi Borrelia burgdorferi - genetics Borrelia burgdorferi - metabolism Borrelia burgdorferi - physiology Carbon-Sulfur Lyases Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Growth, nutrition, cell differenciation Humans LuxS Lyme Disease - microbiology Lyme Disease - transmission Microbiology Relapsing fever Tick LuxS Autoinducer Borrelia burgdorferi Tick Relapsing fever Lyme disease Spirochaetaceae Spirochaetales Borrelia infection Review Infection Spirochaetosis Bacteriosis Bacteria Quorum sensing
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Summary:	The Lyme disease spirochete, Borrelia burgdorferi, utilizes a LuxS/autoinducer-2-dependent quorum sensing mechanism to control a specific subset of bacterial proteins. It is hypothesized that this system facilitates transmission of B. burgdorferi from feeding ticks into warm-blooded hosts.
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ISSN:	1286-4579 1769-714X
DOI:	10.1016/S1286-4579(03)00184-9