The Pai-associated leuX specific tRNA5(Leu) affects type 1 fimbriation in pathogenic Escherichia coli by control of FimB recombinase expression

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 871-882

  Ritter, Angelika ^a   Gally, David L ^a,c   Olsen, Peter B ^b   Dobrindt, Ulrich ^a   Friedrich, Arne ^a   Klemm, Per ^b   Hacker, Jörg ^a  

^a Inst F Molec Infektionsbiologie   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRANSFER RNA; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONTROL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT DISEASE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030959705     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1997.mmi517.x     Document Type: Article

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