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Inactivation of ompR promotes precocious swarming and flhDC expression in Xenorhabdus nematophila.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Sept 2003
Kim Dong-jin, Boylan Brian, George Nicholas, Forst Steven
Abstract excerpt
The response regulator OmpR is involved in numerous adaptive responses to environmental challenges. The role that OmpR plays in swarming behavior and swarm-cell differentiation in the symbiotic-pathogenic bacterium Xenorhabdus nematophila was examined in this study. Swarming began 4 h sooner in an ompR mutant strain than in wild-type cells. Precocious swarming was correlated with elevated expression of fliC,...
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