A Quorum on Bacterial Programmed Cell Death.: "Publication Date: 2007 Nov 30 PMID: 18042446
Authors: Cheng, W. C. - Hardwick, J. M.
Journal: Mol Cell
A recent article in Science (Kolodkin-Gal et al., 2007) reported a novel programmed cell death mechanism for Escherichia coli that occurs during cellular overcrowding via the release of a fratricidal pentapeptide derived from the metabolic enzyme glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase.