Effects of local transcription and H-NS on inversion of the fim switch of Escherichia coli

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 457-466

  O'Gara, James P ^a,b   Dorman, Charles J ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECOMBINASE;

ARTICLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

ALLELES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INTEGRASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

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

EID: 0034058828     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.01864.x     Document Type: Article

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