The global regulatory hns gene negatively affects adhesion to solid surfaces by anaerobically grown Escherichia coli by modulating expression of flagellar genes and lipopolysaccharide production

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 1522-1529

  Landini, Paolo ^a   Zehnder, Alexander J B ^a  

^a SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; OXYGEN; PROTEIN FLIC; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ANOXIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HYDROPHILICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REGULATOR GENE; SOLID;

ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLAGELLIN; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; MUTATION; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

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

EID: 0036191619     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.6.1522-1529.2002     Document Type: Article

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