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Site fimE
- Name: fimE
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b4313 MG1655 locus tag pilH - Mnemonic: Fimbriae
- Left End Point: 97.85
- Right End Point: 97.87
- Products:
recombinase? - Direction: >
- Priority: 1
- 3 Alleles of This Gene
fimE1::IS1- fimE781(del)::kan fimE793-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links NCBI/GenBank X03923 EcoGene.org EG10312 EcoliWiki fimE - Comment:
- Regulatory gene for expression of fimA.
- References:
- Klemm, P. 1986. Two regulatory fim genes, fimB and fimE, control the phase variation of type 1 fimbriae in Escherichia coli. EMBO J. 5:1389-1393
- Eisenstein, B.I., D.S. Sweet, V. Vaughn, D.I. Friedman 1987. Integration host factor is required for the DNA inversion that controls phase variation in Escherichia coli. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 84:6506-6510
- Dorman, C.J., C.F. Higgins 1987. Fimbrial phase variation in Escherichia coli: dependence on integration host factor and homologies with other site-specific recombinases. J.Bacteriol. 169:3840-3843
- McClain, M.S., I.C. Blomfield, K.J. Eberhardt, B.I. Eisenstein 1993. Inversion-independent phase variation of Type 1 fimbriae in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 175:4335-4344
- Gally, D.L., J.A. Bogan, B.I. Eisenstein, I.C. Blomfield 1993. Environmental regulation of the fim switch controlling Type 1 fimbrial phase variation in Escherichia coli K-12: effects of temperature and media. J.Bacteriol. 175:6186-6193
- Gally, D.L., J. Leathart, I.C. Blomfield 1996. Interaction of FimB and FimE with the fim switch that controls the phase variation of type 1 fimbriae in Escherichia coli K-12. Mol.Microbiol. 21:725-738