PMID:17391508

Citation	Gómez-Gómez, JM, Manfredi, C, Alonso, JC and Blázquez, J (2007) A novel role for RecA under non-stress: promotion of swarming motility in Escherichia coli K-12. BMC Biol. 5:14
Abstract	Bacterial motility is a crucial factor in the colonization of natural environments. Escherichia coli has two flagella-driven motility types: swimming and swarming. Swimming motility consists of individual cell movement in liquid medium or soft semisolid agar, whereas swarming is a coordinated cellular behaviour leading to a collective movement on semisolid surfaces. It is known that swimming motility can be influenced by several types of environmental stress. In nature, environmentally induced DNA damage (e.g. UV irradiation) is one of the most common types of stress. One of the key proteins involved in the response to DNA damage is RecA, a multifunctional protein required for maintaining genome integrity and the generation of genetic variation.
Links	PubMed PMC1852089 Online version:10.1186/1741-7007-5-14
Keywords	Adenosine Triphosphatases/metabolism; Escherichia coli K12/growth & development; Escherichia coli K12/physiology; Escherichia coli K12/radiation effects; Flagella/physiology; Genetic Complementation Test; Green Fluorescent Proteins/genetics; Microbial Viability; Organisms, Genetically Modified; Rec A Recombinases/genetics; Rec A Recombinases/physiology; Recombinant Proteins/genetics; Recombination, Genetic; SOS Response (Genetics)/physiology
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