Research Article

Identification of IbeR as a Stationary-Phase Regulator in Meningitic Escherichia coli K1 that Carries a Loss-of-Function Mutation in rpoS

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Role of TnaA in indole production and bacterial invasion. (a) Growth curves of E44, TNA44, and BR2, (b) indole production (IP) of E coli strains E44, BR2, and TNA44, (c) the invasion phenotypes of E44, TNA44, and indole(100  M)-complemented mutant TNA44, and (d) the invasion phenotypes of E44, BR2, and indole(100  M)-complemented mutant BR2. Columns marked with are significantly different ( ), ** are significantly different ( ).
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