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Site ibpB

• Name: ibpB
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  b3686	MG1655 locus tag
  hslS

  
  
• Mnemonic: inclusion body protein
• Left End Point: 83.29
• Right End Point: 83.30
• Direction: <
• Priority: 0
  2 Alleles of This Gene

  ibpB722(del)::kan

  ibpB792-YFP(::cat)

  
  
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  EcoGene.org	EG11535
  EcoliWiki	ibpB

  
  
• Comment:
  • heat shock proteins. Expression induced in biofilms
• References:
  • Allen, S.P., J.O. Polazzi, J.K. Gierse, A.M. Easton 1992. Two novel heat shock genes encoding proteins produced in response to heterologous protein expression in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 174:6938-6947
  
  
  • Chuang, S.E., V.D. Burland, G. Plunkett, D.L. Daniels, F.R. Blattner 1993. Sequence analysis of four new heat-shock genes constituting the hslTS/ibpAB and hslVU operons in Escherichia coli. Gene 134:1-6
  
  
  • Laskowska, E., A. Wawrzynow, A. Taylor 1996. IbpA and IbpB, the new heat-shock proteins, bind to endogenous Escherichia coli proteins aggregated intracellularly by heat shock. Biochimie 78:117-122
  
  
  • Ren, D., L.A. Bedzyk, S.M. Thomas, R.W. Ye, T.K. Wood 2004. Gene expression in Escherichia coli biofilms. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 64:515-524