Article
Construction and characterization of a fimZ mutant of Salmonella typhimurium.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Dec 1995
Yeh K S, Hancox L S, Clegg S
Abstract excerpt
The Salmonella typhimurium fimA gene is controlled by several ancillary fim genes. One of these genes, fimZ, appears to be involved in increasing the expression of fimA. A fimZ mutant of S. typhimurium was constructed by allelic exchange, and this mutant was found to be nonfimbriate. The fimZ mutant demonstrated decreased levels of fimA expression compared with the parental strain when both were grown under...
Topics
- Bacterial Proteins
- Bacteriolysis
- Binding Sites
- Fimbriae Proteins
- Fimbriae, Bacterial
- Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Pili, Sex
- Promoter Regions, Genetic
- Protein Binding