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SUBMITTER: Lindberg S
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2223471 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lindberg Stina S Xia Yan Y Sondén Berit B Göransson Mikael M Hacker Jörg J Uhlin Bernt Eric BE
Infection and immunity 20071126 2
Uropathogenic Escherichia coli strain J96 carries multiple determinants for fimbrial adhesins. The regulatory protein PapB of P fimbriae has previously been implicated in potential coregulatory events. The focB gene of the F1C fimbria determinant is highly homologous to papB; the translated sequences share 81% identity. In this study we investigated the role of PapB and FocB in regulation of the F1C fimbriae. By using gel mobility shift assays, we showed that FocB binds to sequences in both the ...[more]