Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Microbiological Research journal homepage : www.elsevier.com/locate/micres FimY of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium functions as a DNA-binding protein and binds the fimZ promoter Ke-Chuan Wang a , Yuan-Hsun Hsu a , b , Yi-Ning Huang c , Jiunn-Horng Lin c , d , Kuang-Sheng c , ∗ Yeh a Graduate Institute of Medical Sciences , College of Medicine , Taipei Medical University , 250 Wu-Hsing Street , Taipei 11031 , Taiwan b Department of Microbiology and Immunology , School of Medicine , College of Medicine , Taipei Medical University , 250 Wu-Hsing Street , Taipei 11031 , Taiwan c Department of Veterinary Medicine , School of Veterinary Medicine , College of Bioresources and Agriculture , National Taiwan University , 1 Roosevelt Road , Section 4 , Taipei 10617 , Taiwan d Division of Animal Medicine , Animal Technology Institute Taiwan , Chunan , Miaoli 35053 , Taiwan i n f o a r t i c l e a b s t r a c t Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium produces type 1 fimbriae with binding specificity to mannose residues .