Requirement of phosphatidylglycerol for flagellation of Escherichia coli.

doi:10.1016/0014-5793(93)80239-q

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Requirement of phosphatidylglycerol for flagellation of Escherichia coli.

FEBS letters - 30 Aug 1993

Tomura A, Ishikawa T, Sagara Y, Miki T, Sekimizu K

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We report that phosphatidylglycerol is required for flagellation of Escherichia coli. Cells carrying the pgsA3 mutation did not form swarm rings in semisolid agar. P1 transduction experiments revealed that the potential for phosphatidylglycerol synthesis and for the formation of swarm rings was c...

Topics

Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
Escherichia coli
Flagella
Genetic Complementation Test
Microscopy, Electron
Mutation
Phosphatidylglycerols
Phosphotransferases
Plasmids
Transduction, Genetic
Transferases (Other Substituted Phosphate Groups)

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