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QS in Gram-positive bacteria. AIP (autoinducing peptide) is exported extracellularly, where at increased cell density, enough accumulates to be sensed by the histidine kinase receptor to initiate the transcription of AIP precursors, virulence factors, an export channel, and the regulator and receptor proteins.
