autoinducer

Examples of autoinducer in the following topics:

• Signaling in Bacteria

  • Quorum sensing uses autoinducers as signaling molecules.
  • The peptide autoinducers stimulate more complicated signaling pathways that include bacterial kinases.
  • The changes in bacteria following exposure to autoinducers can be quite extensive.
  • The pathogenic bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa has 616 different genes that respond to autoinducers.
  • Autoinducers are small molecules or proteins produced by bacteria that regulate gene expression.