Abiotic surface sensing and biofilm-dependent regulation of gene expression in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 181, Issue 19, 1999, Pages 5993-6002

  Prigent Combaret, Claire ^a   Vidal, Olivier ^a,b   Dorel, Corinne ^a   Lejeune, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; FLAGELLIN; OXYGEN; PEPTIDASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PORIN;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CELL DENSITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; OSMOLARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

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

EID: 0032870733     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jb.181.19.5993-6002.1999     Document Type: Article

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