Brock Biology of Microorganisms (14th Edition)
14th Edition
ISBN: 9780321897398
Author: Michael T. Madigan, John M. Martinko, Kelly S. Bender, Daniel H. Buckley, David A. Stahl, Thomas Brock
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 7.9, Problem 2MQ
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Quorum sensing is used by the cells to monitor its own environment of the cells for the presence of its own kind of cells. The cells, which employ quorum sensing can synthesize an autoinducer. Autoinducer is synthesized by both gram-negative bacteria and gram-positive bacteria.
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Brock Biology of Microorganisms (14th Edition)
Ch. 7.1 - Prob. 1MQCh. 7.1 - Prob. 2MQCh. 7.1 - Prob. 3MQCh. 7.2 - What is protein domain?Ch. 7.2 - Why are most DMA-binding proteins specific to...Ch. 7.3 - Why is negative control so named?Ch. 7.3 - How does a repressor inhibit the synthesis of a...Ch. 7.4 - Prob. 1MQCh. 7.4 - Prob. 2MQCh. 7.5 - Prob. 1MQ
Ch. 7.5 - Prob. 2MQCh. 7.5 - Explain how the lac operon is both positively and...Ch. 7.6 - What is the major difference between...Ch. 7.6 - How do transcriptional activators in Archaea often...Ch. 7.7 - What are kinases and what is their role in...Ch. 7.7 - Prob. 2MQCh. 7.8 - What are the primary response regulator and the...Ch. 7.8 - Why is adaptation during chemotaxis important?Ch. 7.8 - How does the response of the chemortaxis system to...Ch. 7.9 - Prob. 1MQCh. 7.9 - Prob. 2MQCh. 7.10 - Prob. 1MQCh. 7.10 - Prob. 2MQCh. 7.10 - Prob. 3MQCh. 7.11 - How are different sets of genes expressed in the...Ch. 7.11 - Prob. 2MQCh. 7.12 - Why are the levels of DnaA protein controlled...Ch. 7.12 - Prob. 2MQCh. 7.14 - Prob. 1MQCh. 7.14 - Prob. 2MQCh. 7.15 - What happens when a riboswitch binds the small...Ch. 7.15 - What are the major differences between a repressor...Ch. 7.16 - Why does attenuation control not occur in...Ch. 7.16 - Prob. 2MQCh. 7.17 - What is feedback inhibition?Ch. 7.17 - Prob. 2MQCh. 7.18 - Prob. 1MQCh. 7.18 - Prob. 2MQCh. 7 - Prob. 1RQCh. 7 - Describe why a protein that binds to a specific...Ch. 7 - REVIEW QUESTIONS
3. Most biosynthetic operons need...Ch. 7 - What is the difference between an operon and a...Ch. 7 - Prob. 5RQCh. 7 - Prob. 6RQCh. 7 - Prob. 7RQCh. 7 - Adaptation allows the mechanism controlling...Ch. 7 - How can quorum sensing be considered a regulatory...Ch. 7 - Prob. 10RQCh. 7 - Prob. 11RQCh. 7 - Prob. 12RQCh. 7 - Prob. 13RQCh. 7 - Prob. 14RQCh. 7 - Prob. 15RQCh. 7 - Prob. 16RQCh. 7 - Prob. 17RQCh. 7 - Application Questions
1. What would happen to...Ch. 7 - Prob. 2AQCh. 7 - Prob. 3AQCh. 7 - Most of the regulatory systems described in this...Ch. 7 - Many amino acid biosynthetic operons under...Ch. 7 - How would you design a regulatory system to make...
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