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The cell surface protein Ag43 facilitates phage infection of Escherichia coli in the presence of bile salts and carbohydrates.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 May 2002
Gabig Magdalena, Herman-Antosiewicz Anna, Kwiatkowska Marta, Los Marcin, Thomas Mark S, Wegrzyn Grzegorz
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It was found that infection of Escherichia coli by bacteriophage lambda is inhibited in the presence of certain bile salts and carbohydrates when cells are in the "OFF" state for production of the phase-variable cell surface protein antigen 43 (Ag43). The inhibition of phage growth was found to be due to a significant impairment in the process of phage adsorption. Expression of the gene encoding Ag43 (agn43) from...
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