Article
Effect of outer membrane permeability on chemotaxis in Escherichia coli.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jul 1990
Ingham C, Buechner M, Adler J
Abstract excerpt
The relationship between outer membrane permeability and chemotaxis in Escherichia coli was studied on mutants in the major porin genes ompF and ompC. Both porins allowed passage of amino acids across the outer membrane sufficiently to be sensed by the methyl-accepting chemotaxis proteins, although OmpF was more effective than OmpC. A mutant deleted for both ompF and ompC, AW740, was almost completely...
Topics
- Aspartic Acid
- Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
- Cell Membrane Permeability
- Chemotaxis
- Chlorides
- Escherichia coli
- Ion Channels
- Lithium
- Lithium Chloride
- Magnesium Chloride
- Maltose
- Mutation