Did I pick the right colony? Pitfalls in the study of regulation of the phase variable antigen 43 adhesin.

Ag43 is an abundant outer membrane autotransporter adhesin present in most commensal and pathogenic Escherichia coli. Expression of the agn43 gene is characterized by a regulated reversible switch or phase variation between the agn43 ON and agn43 OFF states. Although the agn43 regulatory switch lead...

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Main Authors: Ashwini Chauhan, Chizuko Sakamoto, Jean-Marc Ghigo, Christophe Beloin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3764049?pdf=render