Controlling and co-ordinating chitinase secretion in a Serratia marcescens population
M. d. A. A. Costa, R. A. Owen, T. Tammsalu, G. Buchanan, T. Palmer, F. Sargent
This paper investigates the role of ChiR in coordinating chitinase secretion and bimodal gene expression in S. marcescens, showing that ChiR increases chitinase expression in over 60% of the population and links chitin breakdown to nitrogen metabolism.
bioRxiv · May 29, 2019Microbiology