Type 1 fimbriae in commensal Escherichia coli derived from healthy humans

• Authors: Paweł Pusz , Ewa Bok , Justyna Mazurek , Michał Stosik , Katarzyna Baldy-Chudzik
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

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Type 1 fimbriae are one of the most important factors of Escherichia coli adaptation to different niches in the host. Our study indicated that the genetic marker - fimH gene occurred commonly in commensal E. coli derived from healthy humans but expression of the type 1 fimbriae was not observed. Identification of fim structural subunit genes (fimA-fimH) and recombinase fimE and fimB genes showed that many of the strains were carrying an incomplete set of genes and the genes expression study revealed that in strains with complete set of fim genes, the fimC gene, encoding the chaperone protein, was not expressed.

Keywords

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commensal E. coli; type 1 fimbriae; gene expression

• Publisher: Polish Biochemical Society
• Journal: Acta Biochimica Polonica
• Year: 2014
• Volume: 61
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 389-392

Dates

published

2014

received

2013-10-31

revised

2014-03-17

accepted

2014-04-01

(unknown)

2014-05-20

Contributors

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Paweł Pusz

• Department of Biological Sciences, University of Zielona Góra, Poland

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Ewa Bok

• Department of Biological Sciences, University of Zielona Góra, Poland

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Justyna Mazurek

• Department of Biological Sciences, University of Zielona Góra, Poland

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Michał Stosik

• Department of Biological Sciences, University of Zielona Góra, Poland

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Katarzyna Baldy-Chudzik

• Department of Biological Sciences, University of Zielona Góra, Poland

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