Transition from reversible to irreversible attachment during biofilm formation by Pseudomonas fluorescens WCS365 requires an ABC transporter and a large secreted protein

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 905-918

  Hinsa, Shannon M ^a   Espinosa Urgel, Manuel ^b   Ramos, Juan L ^b   O'Toole, George A ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL SURFACE PROTEIN; PROTEIN LAPA; PROTEIN LAPB; PROTEIN LAPC; PROTEIN LAPE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CELL SURFACE; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; LAP GENE; MEMBRANE FUSION; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CHROMOSOMES, BACTERIAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SILICON DIOXIDE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; PSEUDOMONAS SYRINGAE;

EID: 0042065283     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03615.x     Document Type: Article

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