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autoinducer

In microbiology, autoinducers are signaling molecules in bacterial quorum sensing that regulate mRNA production for specific genes in response to population density. Autoinducer molecules, which include certain peptides and compounds known as homoserine lactones, can interact with specific repressor or enhancer sequences in DNA.

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