Site fimB
- Name: fimB
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b4312 MG1655 locus tag pil - Mnemonic: Fimbriae
- Left End Point: 97.83
- Right End Point: 97.84
- Products:
recombinase? - Direction: >
- Priority: 1
- 2 Alleles of This Gene
fimB780(del)::kan fimB791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links NCBI/GenBank X03923 EcoGene.org EG10309 EcoliWiki fimB - Comment:
- regulatory gene for expression of fimA
- References:
- Klemm, P., B.J. Jorgensen, I. van Die, H. de Ree, H. Bergmans 1985. The fim genes responsible for synthesis of type 1 fimbriae in Escherichia coli, cloning and genetic organization. Mol.Gen.Genet. 199:410-414
- 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