Site fliC
- Name: fliC
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b1923 MG1655 locus tag flaF hag - Mnemonic: Flagella
- Left End Point: 43.11
- Right End Point: 43.15
- Products:
flagellin, structural gene - Direction: <
- Properties:
Property Comment flagellar regulon member flagellar synthesis - Priority: 1
- 3 Alleles of This Gene
fliC5303::Tn10 fliC585 fliC769(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10321 EcoliWiki fliC - Comment:
- Transcription of fliC increases under oxygen-limited conditions, but this is counteracted in hns mutant.
- References:
- Szekely, E., M. Simon 1983. DNA sequence adjacent to flagellar genes and evolution of flagellar-phase variation. J.Bacteriol. 155:74-81
- Kuwajima, G., J.-I. Asaka, T. Fujiwara, K. Node, E. Kondo 1986. Nucleotide sequence of the hag gene encoding flagellin of Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 168:1479-1483
- Hanafusa, T., A. Sakai, A. Tominaga, M. Enomoto 1989. Isolation and characterization of Escherichia coli hag operator mutants whose hag48 expression has become repressible by a Salmonella H1 repressor. Mol.Gen.Genet. 216:44-50
- Landini, P., A.J. Zehnder 2002. The global regulatory hns gene negatively affects adhesion to solid surfaces by anaerobically grown Escherichia coli by modulating expression of flagellar genes and lipopolysaccharide production. J.Bacteriol. 184:1522-15