Skip to main content
Figure 4 | Critical Care

Figure 4

From: Bench-to-bedside review: Quorum sensing and the role of cell-to-cell communication during invasive bacterial infection

Figure 4

Accessory gene regulator quorum sensing system in Staphylococcus aureus. Homologous short peptide signaling systems exist in other Gram-positive bacterial species and genera. agr, accessory gene regulator; AIP, autoinducer peptide; P, promoter site; P*, phosphorylated protein; RAP, RNAIII-activating protein; RIP, RNAIII-inhibiting peptide; TRAP, target of RNAIII-activating protein.

Back to article page

Critical Care

ISSN: 1364-8535