Identification of Tn 10 insertions in the rlaG, rfaP, and gaLU genes involved in lipopolysaccharide core biosynthesis that affect Escherichia coli adhesion

Archives of Microbiology

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-8

  Genevaux, Pierre ^a   Bauda, Pascale ^b   DuBow, Michael S ^c   Oudega, Bauke ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b Center for Environmental Sciences   (France)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abiotic surface; Bacterial adhesion; Biofilm formation; Flagella; Lipopolysaccharide; Type 1 fimbriae

Indexed keywords

LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GALU PROTEIN, E COLI; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE; RFAG PROTEIN, E COLI; RFAP PROTEIN, E COLI; URIDINE TRIPHOSPHATE GLUCOSE 1 PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; TRANSPOSON; BACTERIAL GENE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FIMBRIA; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SILVER STAINING;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; FLAGELLA; GENES, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR); POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SILVER STAINING; UTP-GLUCOSE-1-PHOSPHATE URIDYLYLTRANSFERASE;

EID: 0032587729     PISSN: 03028933     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002030050732     Document Type: Article

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