Fur-dependent MrkHI regulation of type 3 fimbriae in Klebsiella pneumoniae CG43

Microbiology

Volumn 158, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1045-1056

  Wu, Chien Chen ^a   Lin, Ching Ting ^b   Cheng, Wei Yun ^a   Huang, Ching Jou ^a   Wang, Zhe Chong ^a   Peng, Hwei Ling ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FERRIC UPTAKE REGULATOR; IRON; PILIN; PROTEIN MRKA; PROTEIN MRKABCDF; PROTEIN MRKH; PROTEIN MRKHI; PROTEIN MRKI; PROTEIN MRKJ; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOFILM; FIMBRIA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REGULATOR GENE; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; IRON; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; OPERON; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTIONAL ACTIVATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 84859141694     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.053801-0     Document Type: Article

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