Curli fibers are highly conserved between Salmonella typhimurium and Escherichia coli with respect to operon structure and regulation.

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Published in J Bacteriol on February 01, 1998

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U Römling1, Z Bian, M Hammar, W D Sierralta, S Normark

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1: Department of Bacteriology, Microbiology and Tumorbiology Center, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. ute.roemling@mtc.ki.se

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