Multiple co-regulatory elements and IHF are necessary for the control of fimB expression in response to sialic acid and N-acetylglucosamine in Escherichia coli K-12

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1223-1236

  Sohanpal, Baljinder K ^a   Friar, Simon ^a   Roobol, Joanne ^a   Plumbridge, Jacqueline A ^b   Blomfield, Ian C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

^b INST DE BIOLOGIE PHYSICO CHIMIQUE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; FIM B RECOMBINASE; INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; SIALIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; ENZYME BINDING; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; FIMBRIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WILD TYPE;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; BINDING SITES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INTEGRASES; INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS; METHYLATION; MUTAGENESIS; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REGULATORY SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 33846597207     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2006.05583.x     Document Type: Article

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