title: Regions of the CFA/I promoter involved in the activation by the transcriptional activator CfaD and repression by the histone-like protein H-NS.
abstract: Expression of CFA/I fimbriae of Escherichia coli requires the transcriptional activator CfaD. The mechanism by which CfaD activates the CFA/I promoter is to overcome the repression by H-NS, one of the histone-like proteins in E coli. This study addresses the question of which sequences in the promoter region of CFA/I interact with CfaD and H-NS. In order to determine this, deletion mutants of the CFA/I promoter were constructed and cloned upstream of the promoterless lacZ gene. The effect of CfaD and H-NS on the expression of these constructs was determined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Bacteriology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: B J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Jordi
authors.forename: B A
authors.initials: BA
authors.lastname: van der Zeijst
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Gaastra
mesh_terms: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D002872:Chromosome Deletion; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics* / Q000276:immunology; D036781:Fimbriae Proteins; D006657:Histones / Q000235:genetics; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009154:Mutation; D018933:Pili, Sex / Q000235:genetics*; D011401:Promoter Regions, Genetic; D012097:Repressor Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D000942:Antigens, Bacterial; D001425:Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins; D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D004268:DNA-Binding Proteins; C031908:H-NS protein, bacteria; D006657:Histones; D012097:Repressor Proteins; C022924:colonization factor antigens; D036781:Fimbriae Proteins