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Descriptor English: Quorum Sensing
Descriptor Spanish: Percepción de Quorum
Descriptor detección de quórum
Entry term(s) extinción de quórum
Scope note: Fenómeno en el que los microorganismos se comunican y coordinan su comportamiento merced a la acumulación de moléculas señalizadoras. Cuando una sustancia se acumula hasta una determinada concentración, se produce una reacción. Este fenómeno puede observarse generalmente en bacterias.
Descriptor Portuguese: Percepção de Quorum
Descriptor French: Détection du quorum
Entry term(s): Quenching, Quorum
Quenchings, Quorum
Quorum Quenching
Quorum Quenchings
Sensing, Quorum
Tree number(s): G04.085.700
G06.550.700
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D053038
Scope note: A phenomenon where microorganisms communicate and coordinate their behavior by the accumulation of signaling molecules. A reaction occurs when a substance accumulates to a sufficient concentration. This is most commonly seen in bacteria.
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
ES ethics
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Previous Indexing: Cell Communication (1994-2006)
Public MeSH Note: 2007
History Note: 2007
DeCS ID: 52467
Unique ID: D053038
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Date Established: 2007/01/01
Date of Entry: 2006/07/05
Revision Date: 2016/06/23
Quorum Sensing - Preferred
Concept UI M0490960
Scope note A phenomenon where microorganisms communicate and coordinate their behavior by the accumulation of signaling molecules. A reaction occurs when a substance accumulates to a sufficient concentration. This is most commonly seen in bacteria.
Preferred term Quorum Sensing
Entry term(s) Sensing, Quorum
Quorum Quenching - Related but not broader or narrower
Concept UI M0495956
Scope note Inhibition of quorum sensing (signaling molecules) by degradation enzymes.
Preferred term Quorum Quenching
Entry term(s) Quenching, Quorum
Quenchings, Quorum
Quorum Quenchings



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