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Review
. 2006 Apr;5(4):613-9.
doi: 10.1128/EC.5.4.613-619.2006.

Talking to themselves: autoregulation and quorum sensing in fungi

Deborah A Hogan  1
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Review

Talking to themselves: autoregulation and quorum sensing in fungi

Deborah A Hogan. Eukaryot Cell. 2006 Apr.
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FIG. 1.
FIG. 1.
Representative structures for different bacterial and fungal extracellular signaling molecules. (A) C. albicans farnesol, (B) C. albicans farnesoic acid, (C) C. albicans tyrosol, (D) Uromyces phaseoli dimethoxycinnamate, (E) trisporic acid produced by zygomycetes, (F) Saccharomyces cerevisiae a-factor, (G) AHL family (Vibrio fischerii 3-oxo-C6HSL, R1=C3H7, R2=O; Pseudomonas aeruginosa 3-oxo-C12HSL, R1=C9H19, R2=O; Pseudomonas aeruginosa C4HSL, R1=H, R2=H), (H) AI-2, furanosylborate diester, (I) Xanthomonas campestris cis-11-methyl-2-dodecanoic acid (DSF), (J) P. aeruginosa quinolone signal (PQS) 2-heptyl-3-hydroxy-4-quinolone, (K) Bacillus subtilis ComX peptide, (L) Staphylococcus aureus, cyclized oligopeptide (subgroup 1 shown).
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