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PMID:22109813
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Shippy, DC, Heintz, JA, Albrecht, RM, Eakley, NM, Chopra, AK and Fadl, AA (2012) Deletion of glucose-inhibited division (gidA) gene alters the morphological and replication characteristics of Salmonella enterica Serovar typhimurium. Arch. Microbiol. 194:405-12 |
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| Abstract |
Salmonella is an important food-borne pathogen that continues to plague the United States food industry. Characterization of bacterial factors involved in food-borne illnesses could help develop new ways to control salmonellosis. We have previously shown that deletion of glucose-inhibited division gene (gidA) significantly altered the virulence potential of Salmonella in both in vitro and in vivo models of infection. Most importantly, the gidA mutant cells displayed a filamentous morphology compared to the wild-type Salmonella cells. In our current study, we investigated the role of GidA in Salmonella cell division using fluorescence and electron microscopy, transcriptional, and proteomic assays. Scanning electron microscopy data indicated a filamentous morphology with few constrictions in the gidA mutant cells. The filamentation of the gidA mutant cells is most likely due to the defect in chromosome segregation, with little to no sign of septa formation observed using fluorescence and transmission electron microscopy. Furthermore, deletion of gidA altered the expression of many genes and proteins responsible for cell division and chromosome segregation as indicated by global transcriptional profiling and semi-quantitative western blot analysis. Taken together, our data indicate GidA as a potential regulator of Salmonella cell division genes. |
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PubMed Online version:10.1007/s00203-011-0769-7 |
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Significance
Annotations
| Gene product | Qualifier | GO Term | Evidence Code | with/from | Aspect | Extension | Notes | Status |
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| GO:0051301: cell division |
ECO:0000315: |
P |
Figure 1 shows the mutant phenotype is incapable of proper cell division |
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| GO:0007059: chromosome segregation |
ECO:0000315: |
P |
Figure 2 and 3 show that the gidA mutant phenotype has a defect in chromosome segregation causing filamentous morphology. |
complete | ||||
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