Structure of a bacterial quorum-sensing transcription factor complexed with pheromone and DNA.
Zhang, R.G., Pappas, T., Brace, J.L., Miller, P.C., Oulmassov, T., Molyneaux, J.M., Anderson, J.C., Bashkin, J.K., Winans, S.C., Joachimiak, A.(2002) Nature 417: 971-974
- PubMed: 12087407 
- DOI: 10.1038/nature00833
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
1L3L - PubMed Abstract: 
Many proteobacteria are able to monitor their population densities through the release of pheromones known as N-acylhomoserine lactones. At high population densities, these pheromones elicit diverse responses that include bioluminescence, biofilm formation, production of antimicrobials, DNA exchange, pathogenesis and symbiosis ...