title: Swarming motility and the control of master regulators of flagellar biosynthesis.
abstract: Swarming motility is the movement of bacteria over a solid surface powered by rotating flagella. The expression of flagellar biosynthesis genes is governed by species-specific master regulator transcription factors. Mutations that reduce or enhance master regulator activity have a commensurate effect on swarming motility. Here we review what is known about the proteins that modulate swarming motility and appear to act upstream of the master flagellar regulators in diverse swarming bacteria. We hypothesize that environmental control of the master regulators is important to the swarming phenotype perhaps at the level of controlling flagellar number.
authors.affiliation: Indiana University, Department of Biology, 1001 East Third Street, Bloomington, IN 47405, USA.
authors.forename: Joyce E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Patrick
authors.forename: Daniel B
authors.initials: DB
authors.lastname: Kearns
mesh_terms: D001419:Bacteria / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism; D005407:Flagella / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism*; D015964:Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial; D009154:Mutation
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins
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