Identification of catabolite repression as a physiological regulator of biofilm formation by Bacillus subtilis by use of DNA microarrays

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 185, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1951-1957

  Stanley, Nicola R ^a   Britton, Robert A ^b,c   Grossman, Alan D ^b   Lazazzera, Beth A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c 1602 Molecular Sciences Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; GLUCOSE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN CCPA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SPOA; TRANSCRIPTION SIGMA H; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BIOFILM; BIOFILM FORMATION CONDITION; CELL MOTILITY; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MAPPING; GLUCOSE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RNA ANALYSIS; RNA ISOLATION; START CODON; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; OPEN READING FRAMES; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTERIUM SUBTILIS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0037334892     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.185.6.1951-1957.2003     Document Type: Article

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