Evidence that putrescine acts as an extracellular signal required for swarming in Proteus mirabilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 437-446

  Sturgill, Gwen ^a   Rather, Philip N ^a,b,c  

^a LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGMATINE; PUTRESCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MOTILITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MAPPING; GENE REPRESSION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CULTURE MEDIA, CONDITIONED; DNA PRIMERS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOVEMENT; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PUTRESCINE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; MIRABILIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; SPEA;

EID: 0942279511     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03835.x     Document Type: Article

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