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. 1997 Jun;179(11):3818–3821. doi: 10.1128/jb.179.11.3818-3821.1997

The Escherichia coli flagellar transcriptional activator flhD regulates cell division through induction of the acid response gene cadA.

B M Prüss 1, D Markovic 1, P Matsumura 1
PMCID: PMC179187  PMID: 9171439

Abstract

FlhD is a positive regulator of cadA. A mutant with a transposon-mediated lacZ fusion to cadA exhibited a cell division phenotype similar to that of the flhD mutant and had FlhD-dependent beta-galactosidase activity. Under different growth conditions, the cell division rate correlated with the level of expression of cadA.

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