Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2092877 | Microbiological Research | 2009 | 8 Pages |
Abstract
SummaryAgrobacterium tumefaciens has homologues of chemotaxis genes of the α-subgroup of proteobacteria, which include orf1, orf2, cheY1, cheA, cheR, cheB, cheY2, orf9, and orf10 and organized in one operon [Wright et al. A chemotaxis cluster from Agrobacterium tumefaciens. Gene 1998;220:83–9]. Two mutants of A. tumefaciens were created by in-frame deletions of cheB and cheR using suicide vector, pK18mobsacB. The chemosensory behaviour of mutants studied on swarm plates and in blind-well chemotaxis assay toward acetosyringone. Under the conditions tested, both CheR and CheB were essential for normal chemotaxis.
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Authors
Behrouz Harighi,