Regulatory cross-talk between adhesin operons in Escherichia coli: Inhibition of type 1 fimbriae expression by the PapB protein

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 1450-1457

  Xia, Yan ^a   Gaily, David ^b   Forsman Semb, Kristina ^a,c   Uhlin, Bernt Eric ^a  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Cross talk; Fimbriae; Phase switch; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; HYBRID PROTEIN; RECOMBINASE; RNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENE CLUSTER; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; RNA TRANSLATION;

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

EID: 0034599945     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.7.1450     Document Type: Article

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