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Site csgD

• Name: csgD
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  b1040	MG1655 locus tag

  
  
• Mnemonic: curlin sigma-S (stat.phase) dependent growth
• Left End Point: 23.75
• Right End Point: 23.76
  Products:

  regulatory protein for csgBA

  
  
• Direction: <
• Properties:

  Property	Comment
  regulatory gene	NULL
  stationary phase(rpoS) regulon	NULL

  
  
• Priority: 0
  2 Alleles of This Gene

  csgD781(del)::kan

  csgD791-YFP(::cat)

  
  
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  EcoGene.org	EG13410
  EcoliWiki	csgD

  
  
• Comment:
  • csgD insertions eliminate transcription from csgBA promoter. Dependent on stationary phase sigma S.
• References:
  • Hammar, M., A. Arnqvist, Z. Bian, A. Olsen, S. Normark 1995. Expression of two csg operons is required for production of fibronectin- and congo red-binding curli polymers in Escherichia coli K-12. Mol.Microbiol. 18:661-670
  
  
  • Romling, U., Z. Bian, M. Hammar, W.D. Sierralta, S. Normark 1998. Curli fibers are highly conserved between Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli with respect to operon structure and regulation. J.Bacteriol. 180:722-731