Salt taxis in Escherichia coli bacteria and its lack in mutants.
Escherichia coli is attracted to a variety of salts. This attraction is highly reduced in mutants missing a known transducer, the methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein I; there is a smaller role for another transducer, the methyl-accepting chemotaxis protein II. We discuss the relation of salt taxis to osmotaxis.
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Department of Biochemistry, University of Wisconsin-Madison 53706.
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D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002412:Cations; D002630:Chemotactic Factors / Q000235:genetics*; D002633:Chemotaxis; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D007700:Kinetics; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D000072236:Methyl-Accepting Chemotaxis Proteins; D009154:Mutation; D009994:Osmolar Concentration; D012492:Salts
D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D002412:Cations; D002630:Chemotactic Factors; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D000072236:Methyl-Accepting Chemotaxis Proteins; D012492:Salts; C000607604:tsr protein, E coli