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