Microbiology: Breaking down biofilms

Current Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2002, Pages

  Stephens, Craig ^a  

^a SANTA CLARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; CELL ADHESION; DNA MICROARRAY; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGY; PATHOGENICITY; REVIEW;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BIOFILMS; CELL ADHESION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037133224     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)00706-6     Document Type: Review

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