Article
Regulation of polar flagellum genes is mediated by quorum sensing and FlhDC in Burkholderia glumae.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Apr 2007
Kim Jinwoo, Kang Yongsung, Choi Okhee, Jeong Yeonhwa, Jeong Jae-Eun, Lim Jae Yun, Kim Minkyun, Moon Jae Sun, Suga Hiroaki, Hwang Ingyu
Abstract excerpt
The bacterium Burkholderia glumae causes rice grain rot by producing toxoflavin, whose expression is regulated by quorum sensing (QS). We report a major deviation from the current paradigm for the regulation of bacterial polar flagellum genes. The N-octanoyl homoserine lactone (C8-HSL)-deficient mutant of B. glumae is aflagellate and has lost the ability to swim and swarm at 37 degrees C. Mutagenesis of the...
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