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Journal of Bacteriology, October 2007, p. 7159-7163, Vol. 189, No. 19
0021-9193/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.00705-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

The Two-Component Response Regulator RcsB Regulates Type 1 Piliation in Escherichia coli{triangledown}

William R. Schwan,1 Satoshi Shibata,2,3 Shin-Ichi Aizawa,2,3 and Alan J. Wolfe4*

Department of Microbiology, University of Wisconsin—La Crosse, La Crosse, Wisconsin 54601,1 Department of Life Sciences, Prefectural University of Hiroshima, 562 Nanatsuka, Shobara, Hiroshima 727-0023, Japan,2 CREST Soft Nano-Machine Project, Innovation Plaza Hiroshima, 3-10-23 Kagamiyama, Higashi-Hiroshima 739-0046, Japan,3 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, Illinois 601534

Received 3 May 2007/ Accepted 12 July 2007

The ability of Escherichia coli cells to produce type 1 pili depends upon the orientation of the fimA promoter. The orientation depends upon the ratios of the FimB and FimE recombinases. Here, we report that the two-component response regulator RcsB influences the piliation state by controlling fimB and fimE transcription.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Stritch School of Medicine, Loyola University Chicago, Maywood, IL 60153. Phone: (708) 216-5814. Fax: (708) 216-9574. E-mail: awolfe{at}lumc.edu

{triangledown} Published ahead of print on 20 July 2007.

Journal of Bacteriology, October 2007, p. 7159-7163, Vol. 189, No. 19
0021-9193/07/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/JB.00705-07
Copyright © 2007, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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