BACTERIAL ANALOGY. “The conserved nature of ascaroside signaling is evocative of bacterial quorum sensing, where acyl homoserine lactones (AHLs) are both produced and sensed by many species of gram-negative bacteria. AHLs are based on a small invariable core structure, the homoserine lactone, which bears a fatty-acid-derived side chain featuring species-specific chemical modifications.”
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