Article
Regulatory interplay between pap operons in uropathogenic Escherichia coli.
Molecular microbiology - 1 Mar 2008
Totsika Makrina, Beatson Scott A, Holden Nicola, Gally David L
Abstract excerpt
Pathogenic bacteria have a large repertoire of surface organelles involved in adherence, motility and protein export, but how individual bacteria co-ordinate surface organelle expression to prevent interference and excessive immune stimulation is unclear. Phase variation is a mechanism by which expression of surface factors is limited to a fraction of the bacterial population; however, the presence of multiple...
Topics
- Alleles
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Cloning, Molecular
- Conserved Sequence
- Escherichia coli
- Escherichia coli Infections
- Escherichia coli Proteins
- Fimbriae Proteins
- Fimbriae, Bacterial
- Frameshift Mutation
