RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Perspectives on Quorum sensing in Fungi
JF bioRxiv
FD Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
SP 019034
DO 10.1101/019034
A1 Sarangam Majumdar
A1 Subhoshmita Mondal
YR 2015
UL http://biorxiv.org/content/early/2015/05/07/019034.abstract
AB Keeping a pace with Quorum sensing, analyzing communication shows the close co-evolution of fungi with organisms present in their environment giving insights into multispecies communication. Subsequently, many examples of cell density dependent regulation by extracellular factors have been found in diverse microorganisms. The widespread incidence of diverse quorum-sensing systems strongly suggests that regulation in accordance with cell density is important for the success of microbes in many environments. The paper includes the basic autoregulatory quorum sensing molecules that has been perceived. Although fungal quorum sensing research is still in its infancy, its discovery has changed our views about the fungal kingdom and could eventually lead to the development of new antifungal therapeutics.