A report by Moré et al . ( p. 1655 ) describes the biosynthesis of an autoinducer from Agrobacterium tumefaciens , a molecule that signals bacterial density of a culture (a quorum sensor). The Perspective by Kaiser reviews what is known about autoinducers from a number of microorganisms and speculates about their identity as predecessors of hormone-hormone receptor systems of eukaryotes.
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