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Science 24 August 2007:
Vol. 317. no. 5841, pp. 1041 - 1042
DOI: 10.1126/science.1147609
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MICROBIOLOGY:
A Bacterial Pathogen Sees the Light

John T. M. Kennis1 and Sean Crosson2

An unusual photosensitive kinase is discovered in bacteria, where it increases virulence in response to light.

1J. T. M. Kennis is in the Biophysics Department, Faculty of Sciences, Vrije Universiteit, 1081HV Amsterdam, Netherlands. E-mail: j.kennis{at}few.vu.nl

2S. Crosson is in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. E-mail: scrosson{at}uchicago.edu

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