
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Dilani Senadheera, M 
A1  - M Lévesque, Céline 
A1  - G Cvitkovitch, Dennis 
T1  - Signal peptide pheromones in oral streptococcal biofilms
JF  - Microbiology Australia
JO  - Microbiol. Aust.
Y1  - 2005
VL  - 26
IS  - 3
SP  - 124
EP  - 126
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/MA05124 
N2  - Oral streptococci are known to modulate various physiological properties by responding to secreted signal peptide pheromones. These molecules accumulate in the environment and trigger a genetic response in the target cells at a threshold cell density, thereby synchronising a metabolic outcome with population density. In this review, we summarise how signal peptide pheromones of oral streptococci function. The possibility of targeting these peptide pheromones for the prevention of biofilm-associated infections such as dental caries is also discussed. 
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