Evidence that acetyl phosphate functions as a global signal during biofilm development

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 977-988

  Wolfe, Alan J ^a   Chang, Dong Eun ^b   Walker, Jason D ^c   Seitz Partridge, Jeanine E ^a   Vidaurri, Michael D ^a,b   Lange, Charles F ^a   Prüß, Birgit M ^d   Henk, Margaret C ^c   Larkin, John C ^c   Conway, Tyrrell ^b  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETATE KINASE; ACETIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ACETYL COENZYME A; ACETYL PHOSPHATE; ACID; BACTERIAL RNA; COLANIC ACID; FLAGELLIN; PHOSPHATE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL METABOLISM; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA MICROARRAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STRESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; FLAGELLA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; PHOSPHORIC ACID ESTERS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0038016749     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03457.x     Document Type: Article

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