H-NS Function in Regulating Type 1 Pili Expression

Kawula, Thomas H.

Abstract

Funding Agency

• Agency: National Institute of Health (NIH)
• Institute: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
• Type: Research Project (R01)
• Project #: 5R01AI034176-04
• Application #: 2069252
• Study Section: Bacteriology and Mycology Subcommittee 2 (BM)
• Project Start: 1992-09-01
• Project End: 1998-08-31
• Budget Start: 1995-05-01
• Budget End: 1998-08-31
• Support Year: 4
• Fiscal Year: 1995

Institution

• Name: University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
• Department: Microbiology/Immun/Virology
• Type: Schools of Medicine
• DUNS #: 078861598
• City: Chapel Hill
• State: NC
• Country: United States
• Zip Code: 27599

Publications

Donato, G M; Kawula, T H (1999) Phenotypic analysis of random hns mutations differentiate DNA-binding activity from properties of fimA promoter inversion modulation and bacterial motility. J Bacteriol 181:941-8

Donato, G M; Kawula, T H (1998) Enhanced binding of altered H-NS protein to flagellar rotor protein FliG causes increased flagellar rotational speed and hypermotility in Escherichia coli. J Biol Chem 273:24030-6

Donato, G M; Lelivelt, M J; Kawula, T H (1997) Promoter-specific repression of fimB expression by the Escherichia coli nucleoid-associated protein H-NS. J Bacteriol 179:6618-25

Lelivelt, M J; Kawula, T H (1995) Hsc66, an Hsp70 homolog in Escherichia coli, is induced by cold shock but not by heat shock. J Bacteriol 177:4900-7

Kawula, T H; Lelivelt, M J (1994) Mutations in a gene encoding a new Hsp70 suppress rapid DNA inversion and bgl activation, but not proU derepression, in hns-1 mutant Escherichia coli. J Bacteriol 176:610-9