Identification and characterization of a Vibrio cholerae gene, mbaA, involved in maintenance of biofilm architecture

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1384-1390

  Bomchil, Natalia ^a   Watnick, Paula ^a,b   Kolter, Roberto ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REGULATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; MAINTENANCE OF BIOFILM ARCHITECTURE GENE; MBAA GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MUTATION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; TOR; UNCULTURED MARINE BACTERIUM; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 0037312852     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.4.1384-1390.2003     Document Type: Article

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