Regulatory role of MlrA in transcription activation of csgD, the master regulator of biofilm formation in Escherichia coli

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 312, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-168

  Ogasawara, Hiroshi ^a   Yamamoto, Kaneyoshi ^a   Ishihama, Akira ^a  

^a HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biofilm formation; csgD promoter; Curli fimbriae; Escherichia coli; Transcription factor MlrA

Indexed keywords

INTEGRATION HOST FACTOR; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN REGULATOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CSGD; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR MLRA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BINDING SITE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; LETTER; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; INTEGRATION HOST FACTORS; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 79251492398     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02112.x     Document Type: Letter

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