Chemotaxis in Bacillus subtilis requires either of two functionally redundant CheW homologs.

doi:10.1128/jb.176.9.2736-2739.1994

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Chemotaxis in Bacillus subtilis requires either of two functionally redundant CheW homologs.

Journal of bacteriology - 1 May 1994

Rosario M M, Fredrick K L, Ordal G W, Helmann J D

Abstract excerpt

We have characterized mutants in a novel gene of Bacillus subtilis, cheV, which encodes a protein homologous to both CheW and CheY. A null mutant in cheV is only slightly defective in capillary and tethered cell assays. However, a double mutant lacking both CheV and CheW has a strong tumble bias,...

Topics

Bacillus subtilis
Bacterial Proteins
Chemotactic Factors
Chemotaxis
Membrane Proteins
Methanol
Methionine
Methyl-Accepting Chemotaxis Proteins
Methylation
Mutation

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