Down-regulation of the kps region 1 capsular assembly operon following attachment of Escherichia coli type 1 fimbriae to D-mannose receptors

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 1226-1231

  Schwan, William R ^a   Beck, Michael T ^a,c   Hultgren, Scott J ^b   Pinkner, Jerry ^b   Woolever, Nathan L ^a,d   Larson, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^d WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ANTIGEN; BETA GALACTOSIDASE; MANNOSE RECEPTOR;

AGGLUTINATION TEST; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; DIFFERENTIAL DISPLAY; DOWN REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUSION; KPS GENE; KPSD GENE; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPERON; PATHOGENICITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECEPTOR BINDING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BLOTTING, NORTHERN; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; LECTINS, C-TYPE; MANNOSE-BINDING LECTINS; PERIPLASMIC PROTEINS; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; TIME FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; URINARY BLADDER;

EID: 12844264191     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.2.1226-1231.2005     Document Type: Article

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