Inactivation of ompX Causes Increased Interactions of Type 1 Fimbriated Escherichia coli with Abiotic Surfaces

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 226-234

  Otto, Karen ^a   Hermansson, Malte ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN OMPX; SILICON DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CELL ADHESION; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; FLAGELLATE; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCUS; KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; CELL MOVEMENT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HYDROLASES; HYDROPHOBICITY; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; QUARTZ; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MASTIGOPHORA (FLAGELLATES); NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0346361862     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.1.226-234.2004     Document Type: Article

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