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  • Title: Fimbriation and P-antigen recognition of Escherichia coli strains harbouring mutated recombinant plasmids encoding fimbrial adhesins of the uropathogenic E. coli strain KS71.
    Author: Rhen M, Tenhunen J, Väisänen-Rhen V, Pere A, Båga M, Korhonen TK.
    Journal: J Gen Microbiol; 1986 Jan; 132(1):71-7. PubMed ID: 2872265.
    Abstract:
    Deletion mutants of recombinant plasmids encoding the KS71B fimbrial antigens of the uropathogenic Escherichia coli strain KS71 (O4:K12) were constructed. The effects of these mutations were tested by transforming the mutated plasmids into non-fimbriated E. coli HB101 cells and testing the transformants for fimbriation and haemagglutination. A deletion transcriptionally upstream from the fimbrial subunit gene increased the expression of KS71B fimbriae. Deletion of the fimbrial subunit gene resulted in non-fimbriated but haemagglutinating transformants, whereas a deletion 6 kb transcriptionally downstream from the subunit gene resulted in non-haemagglutinating but fimbriate transformants, indicating that fimbriation and haemagglutination were genetically separable. We also present evidence suggesting that the fimbrillin and haemagglutinin are physically associated in the wild-type KS71 strain.
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