Lrp-DNA complex stability determines the level of ON cells in type P fimbriae phase variation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1286-1299

  Graveline, Richard ^a   Mourez, Michaël ^a   Hancock, Mark A ^b   Martin, Christine ^c   Boisclair, Stéphanie ^a   Harel, Josée ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; LEUCINE RESPONSIVE REGULATORY PROTEIN; NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN PAP; REGULATOR FOOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CELL COUNT; CELL CYCLE PHASE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; FIMBRIA; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BINDING SITES; CELL CYCLE; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LEUCINE-RESPONSIVE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 80051921839     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07761.x     Document Type: Article

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