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The quorum sensing-dependent gene katG of Burkholderia glumae is important for protection from visible light.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jul 2009
Chun Heejin, Choi Okhee, Goo Eunhye, Kim Nayeon, Kim Hongsup, Kang Yongsung, Kim Jinwoo, Moon Jae Sun, Hwang Ingyu
Abstract excerpt
Quorum sensing (QS) plays important roles in the pathogenicity of Burkholderia glumae, the causative agent of bacterial rice grain rot. We determined how QS is involved in catalase expression in B. glumae. The QS-defective mutant of B. glumae exhibited less catalase activity than wild-type B. glumae. A beta-glucuronidase assay of a katG::Tn3-gusA78 reporter fusion protein revealed that katG expression is under...
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