Isolation of an Escherichia coli K-12 mutant strain able to form biofilms on inert surfaces: Involvement of a new ompR allele that increases curli expression

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 180, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 2442-2449

  Vidal, Olivier ^a   Longin, Robert ^b   Prigent Combaret, Claire ^a   Dorel, Corinne ^a   Hooreman, Michel ^c   Lejeune, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^c Panstimase SARL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENE SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS REGULATION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031977366     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.180.9.2442-2449.1998     Document Type: Article

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