The Escherichia coli uropathogenic-specific-protein-associated immunity protein 3 (Imu3) has nucleic acid -binding activity

Table 1 Protection of Usp producing E. coli by the individual Imu proteins

Strain	% of transformants relative to control (*usp* ⁺ *imu1-3*)
usp ⁺	1.7 ± 1.2
usp ⁺ imu1	2.4 ± 1.2
usp ⁺ imu2	4.1 ± 2.0
usp ⁺ imu3	10.6 ± 4.0

Relative numbers of transformants obtained with plasmids carrying the usp gene without and with the individual imu genes.

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