Article
Type 1 fimbriation and fimE mutants of Escherichia coli K-12.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Sept 1991
Blomfield I C, McClain M S, Princ J A, Calie P J, Eisenstein B I
Abstract excerpt
We reexamined the influence of fimE, also referred to as hyp, on type 1 fimbriation in Escherichia coli K-12. We found that one strain used previously and extensively in the analysis of type 1 fimbriation, strain CSH50, is in fact a fimE mutant; the fimE gene of CSH50 contains a copy of the inser...
Topics
- Alleles
- Blotting, Southern
- DNA, Bacterial
- Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay
- Escherichia coli
- Fimbriae, Bacterial
- Genotype
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Plasmids
- Restriction Mapping