Attraction by Repellents: An Error in Sensory Information Processing by Bacterial Mutants
- 7 July 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 201 (4350) , 63-65
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.351803
Abstract
Normal Escherichia coli bacteria are repelled by acetate, benzoate, and indole and attracted by alpha-aminoisobutyrate. We have isolated mutants that are attracted to acetate, benzoate, and indole and may be repelled by alpha-aminoisobutyrate. These reversed-taxis mutants are defective in a central processing component: a set of methylated proteins known as MCP 1. The mechanism of reversal of taxis is discussed.This publication has 10 references indexed in Scilit:
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