Modulation of the sensitivity of FimB recombination to branched-chain amino acids and alanine in Escherichia coli K-12

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 187, Issue 18, 2005, Pages 6273-6280

  Lahooti, Maryam ^a   Roesch, Paula L ^b,c   Blomfield, Ian C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b WAKE FOREST BAPTIST HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR; LEUCINE RESPONSIVE REGULATORY PROTEIN; PROTEIN FIMB; PROTEIN FIME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING AFFINITY; BINDING SITE; COMPLEX FORMATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; FIMBRIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

ALANINE; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS, BRANCHED-CHAIN; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, SWITCH; INTEGRASES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 24944558886     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.187.18.6273-6280.2005     Document Type: Article

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