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autoinducing

autoinducing adjective: that promotes autoinduction.

Adjective

autoinducing (not comparable)

  1. That promotes autoinduction.
    • The Sender cell contains the entire agr operon (P2-agrBDCA) and can thus both secrete and sense AIP, the autoinducing peptide.2015 July 22, “A Synthetic Quorum Sensing System Reveals a Potential Private Benefit for Public Good Production in a Biofilm”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of autoinducing

From auto- + inducing.

Questions about autoinducing

What does autoinducing mean?
Autoinducing means that promotes autoinduction.
What part of speech is autoinducing?
Autoinducing is an adjective.

Words near autoinducing in the dictionary

  1. autoinduced
  2. autoinducer
  3. autoinducers
  4. autoinduces
  5. autoinducible
  6. autoinducing
  7. autoinduction
  8. autoinductive
  9. autoinfanticide
  10. autoinfect
  11. autoinfected

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