| Literature DB >> 3059348 |
C Li1, A J Boileau, C Kung, J Adler.
Abstract
The escape of motile organisms from high concentrations of chemicals was studied in Escherichia coli. We have found all chemicals tested to be osmorepellents. It was shown in both a spatial assay and a temporal assay that the known sensory receptors for chemotaxis are not used for osmotaxis, so a different sensory mechanism appears to be employed. According to the temporal assay, the mechanism between sensory receptors and flagella is also not used for tumbling response (at least in solutions above 0.4 osmolar).Entities:
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Year: 1988 PMID: 3059348 PMCID: PMC282770 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.85.24.9451
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN: 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205