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Regulatory control of the Escherichia coli O157:H7 lpf1 operon by H-NS and Ler.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Apr 2011
Rojas-López Maricarmen, Arenas-Hernández Margarita M P, Medrano-López Abraham, Martínez de la Peña Claudia F, Puente José Luis, Martínez-Laguna Ygnacio, Torres Alfredo G
Abstract excerpt
Long polar fimbriae 1 (Lpf1) of Escherichia coli O157:H7 is a tightly regulated adhesin, with H-NS silencing the transcriptional expression of the lpf1 operon while Ler (locus of enterocyte effacement-encoded regulator) acts as an antisilencer. We mapped the minimal regulatory region of lpf1 required for H-NS- and Ler-mediated regulation and found that it is 79% AT rich. Three putative sites for H-NS binding were...
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