Types | DnaRegion
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Roles | Coding
CDS
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Sequences | BBa_M36263_sequence (Version 1)
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Description
Quorum sensing is a system bacteria use to coordinate behaviors that correlate to cell density. Each species of bacteria produces and senses a unique, diffusable small molecule. This allows bacteria to "count" how many cells of their species are in the vicinity. Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, an opportunistic human pathogen associated with cystic fibrosis, uses two quorum sensing systems, with one of them being LasI/LasR. LasI produces N-(3-oxododecanoyl)-homoserine lactone, and LasR detects it.
This part begins with a start codon and ends with the stop codon for the LasI gene.
Notes
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Source
Sequence originally obtained from: http://www.pseudomonas.com/getAnnotation.do?locusID=PA1432
The sequence was optimized for E. coli by DNA 2.0.