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Bacterial Quorum Sensing Allows Graded and Bimodal Cellular Responses to Variations in Population Density.
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Abstract
Quorum sensing (QS) is a mechanism of cell-cell communication that connects gene expression to environmental conditions (e.g., cell density) in many bacterial species, mediated by diffusible signal molecules. Current functional studies focus on qualitatively distinct QS ON/OFF states. In the context of density sensing, this view led to the adoption of a "quorum" analogy in which populations sense when they are above a sufficient density (i.e., "quorate") to efficiently turn on cooperative behaviors. This framework overlooks the potential for intermediate, graded responses to shifts in the environment. In this study, we tracked QS-regulated protease (
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