The outer membrane protein, Antigen 43, mediates cell-to-cell interactions within Escherichia coli biofilms

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 424-432

  Danese, Paul N ^a   Pratt, Leslie A ^a   Dove, Simon L ^a   Kolter, Roberto ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MOTILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; ADHESINS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; ANTIGENS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; FLAGELLA; GLUCOSE; MICROSCOPY, PHASE-CONTRAST; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHENOTYPE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 0033941953     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2000.02008.x     Document Type: Article

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