Phase variation of Ag43 in Escherichia coli: Dam-dependent methylation abrogates OxyR binding and OxyR-mediated repression of transcription

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 877-887

  Haagmans, W ^a   Van Der Woude, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BACTERIAL DNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; MOLECULAR MODEL; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; REPORTER GENE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANTIGENIC VARIATION; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION METHYLASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033951395     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01762.x     Document Type: Article

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