Repression of bacterial motility by a novel fimbrial gene product

EMBO Journal

Volumn 20, Issue 17, 2001, Pages 4854-4862

  Li, Xin ^a   Rasko, David A ^a   Lockatell, C Virginia ^a   Johnson, David E ^a,b   Mobley, Harry L T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b BALTIMORE VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adherence; Coordination; Fimbriae; Flagella; Motility

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; HYBRID PROTEIN; VIRULENCE FACTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FIMBRIA; FLAGELLUM; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; FLAGELLA; FLAGELLIN; HELIX-LOOP-HELIX MOTIFS; KINETICS; MICE; MICE, INBRED CBA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MOVEMENT; MUTAGENESIS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPERON; PROTEUS INFECTIONS; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MIRABILIS; MURINAE; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS;

EID: 0035801627     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/20.17.4854     Document Type: Article

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