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Biology 1st Edition by Jung Choi, Jean DeSaix, Yael Avissar, Vladimir Jurukovski, Robert Wise,Connie Rye, OpenStax

Edition 1ISBN: 978-1938168093
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Biology 1st Edition by Jung Choi, Jean DeSaix, Yael Avissar, Vladimir Jurukovski, Robert Wise,Connie Rye, OpenStax

Edition 1ISBN: 978-1938168093
Exercise 19
Figure 9.17 Which of the following statements about quorum sensing is false?
A) Autoinducer must bind to receptor to turn on transcription of genes responsible for the production of more autoinducer.
B) The receptor stays in the bacterial cell, but the autoinducer diffuses out.
C) Autoinducer can only act on a different cell: it cannot act on the cell in which it is made.
D) Autoinducer turns on genes that enable the bacteria to form a biofilm. Figure 9.17 Which of the following statements about quorum sensing is false? A) Autoinducer must bind to receptor to turn on transcription of genes responsible for the production of more autoinducer. B) The receptor stays in the bacterial cell, but the autoinducer diffuses out. C) Autoinducer can only act on a different cell: it cannot act on the cell in which it is made. D) Autoinducer turns on genes that enable the bacteria to form a biofilm.
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