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. 2017 May 10;21(5):552-554.
doi: 10.1016/j.chom.2017.04.013.

Don't Bite the Hand that Feeds You

Rita V M Rio  1
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Don't Bite the Hand that Feeds You

Rita V M Rio. Cell Host Microbe. .
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Abstract

Eukaryotic-bacterial symbioses are ubiquitous in nature. Pathogens and symbionts employ similar machinery, yet symbionts can minimize host damage. In this issue of Cell Host & Microbe, Enomoto et al. (2017) demonstrate how quorum sensing regulates expression of virulence genes at appropriate times, thereby enabling symbiont retention throughout the host lifespan.

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