The two-component response regulator RcsB regulates type 1 piliation in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 19, 2007, Pages 7159-7163

  Schwan, William R ^a   Shibata, Satoshi ^b,c   Aizawa, Shin Ichi ^b,c   Wolfe, Alan J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN LA CROSSE   (United States)

^b PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF HIROSHIMA   (Japan)

^c JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^d LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN FIMB; PROTEIN FIME; PROTEIN RCSB; RECOMBINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMA GENE; FIMB GENE; FIME GENE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

CELL DIVISION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTEGRASES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MUTATION; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SODIUM CHLORIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34948908657     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00705-07     Document Type: Article

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