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Alex Boehm1, Matthias Kaiser, Hui Li

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Cell
|March 23, 2010
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E. coliのようなバクテリアは,分子ブレーキ (YcgR) と周期的なdi-GMPを使用して,フラゲラモーター速度を制御します. このシステムは,バクテリアが水泳速度を栄養素の可用性に適応させ,飢餓時の生存を助けます.

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