J. L. Puente

Contrasting regulation of the ecp common pilus operon in Citrobacter rodentium: essential roles of a distal element and IHF even in the absence of H-NS

The Escherichia coli common pilus (ECP) is a chaperone–usher pilus widely distributed in E. coli and other enterobacteria, where it mediates adhesion, biofilm formation, and colonization. Citrobacter rodentium, a surrogate model for the human attaching-and-effacing pathogens enteropathogenic and enterohemorrhagic E. co...