The molecular basis for the specificity of fimE in the phase variation of type 1 fimbriae of Escherichia coli K-12

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1171-1181

  Kulasekara, Hemantha Don ^a   Blomfield, Ian C ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; RECOMBINASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SPECIFICITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, SWITCH; INTEGRASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033059806     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01257.x     Document Type: Article

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