Differential temperature modulation by H-NS of the fimB and fimE recombinase genes which control the orientation of the type 1 fimbrial phase switch

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 17-23

  Olsen, Peter B ^a,c   Schembri, Mark A ^a   Gally, David L ^b   Klemm, Per ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NOVO NORDISK A S   (Denmark)

Author keywords

H NS; H NS binding; Temperature modulation of gene expression; Type 1 fimbriae

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN; RECOMBINASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SWITCHING; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RECOMBINANT; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; INTEGRASES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINASES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 0032080769     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(98)00096-2     Document Type: Article

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