Site flu
- Name: flu
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
agn43 b2000 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: fluff, unstable
- Left End Point: 44.61
- Right End Point: 44.68
- Products:
OMP-Antigen 43 - Direction: >
- Properties:
Property Comment unstable NULL - Priority: 1
- 2 Alleles of This Gene
flu-768(del)::kan flu-791-YFP(::cat) - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG12686 EcoliWiki flu - Comment:
- Affects surface properties, piliation, and colonial morphology; phase-variable OMP.
- References:
- Macnab, R.M. 1992. Genetics and biogenesis of bacterial flagella. Annu.Rev.Genet. 26:131-158
- Henderson, I.R., M. Meehan, P. Owen 1997. Antigen 43, a phase-variable bipartite outer membrane protein, determines colony morphology and autoaggregation in Escherichia coli K-12. FEMS Microbiol.Lett. 149:115-120
- Henderson, I.R., M. Meehan, P. Owen 1997. A novel regulatory mechanism for a novel phase-variable outer membrane protein of Escherichia coli. Adv. Exp.Med. Biol. 412:349-355