Control of Escherichia coli type 1 fimbrial gene expression in stationary phase: A negative role for RpoS

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 254, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-20

  Dove, S L ^a,b   Smith, S G J ^a   Dorman, C J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA inversion; RpoS; Stationary phase; Transcription; Type 1 fimbriae

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINASE; SIGMA FACTOR;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CHROMOSOME INVERSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENE REPRESSION; GROWTH CURVE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-DIRECTED RNA POLYMERASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INTEGRASES; SIGMA FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0030984632     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050385     Document Type: Article

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