Section 21
Sensing and Signal Transduction
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Chemotaxis
Chemotaxis is the phenomenon whereby bacterial cells direct their movements according to certain chemicals in their environment.
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Two-Component Regulatory Systems
Two-component systems couple mechanism to allow organisms to sense and respond to changes in many different environmental conditions.
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Quorum Sensing
Quorum sensing is a system of stimulus and response correlated to population density.
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Control of Transcription in Archaea
Transcription and translation in archaea resemble these processes in eukaryotes more than in bacteria.