Interaction of FimB and FimE with the fim switch that controls the phase variation of type 1 fimbriae in Escherichia coli K-12

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 725-738

  Gally, David L ^a   Leathart, Julian ^a   Blomfield, Ian C ^b  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; RECOMBINASE; FIMB PROTEIN; FIME PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; DNA RECOMBINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; FIMBRIA; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 0029786143     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1996.311388.x     Document Type: Article

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