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An invertible element of DNA controls phase variation of type 1 fimbriae of Escherichia coli.
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The expression of type 1 fimbriae (pili) of Escherichia coli is turned on and off at the transcriptional level at a high frequency (10(-3) per cell per generation) in a process termed phase variation. Using Southern blot and DNA sequence analysis, we have detected a genomic rearrangement in the switch region immediately upstream of the fimbrial structural gene. This rearrangement involves an invertible 314-base-pair segment of DNA whose alternating orientation apparently results in the on-and-off activation of a promoter that determines the state of fimbrial expression.
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- Authors
- Abraham, J. M., Freitag, C. S., Clements, J. R., & Eisenstein, B. I.
- Venue
- Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Published
- 1985-09
- Volume
- 82
- Issue
- 17
- Pages
- 5724-5727
- ISSN
- 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
- 1091-6490
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- W2053138162
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- 481
- References
- 7
- FWCI
- 11.40
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
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