Genes involved in matrix formation in Pseudomonas aeruginosa PA14 biofilms

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 675-690

  Friedman, Lisa ^a   Kolter, Roberto ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELLULASE; CONGO RED; MEMBRANE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CODE; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PELLICLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSPOSON; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CELLULASE; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GLUCOSE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 1242297814     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.2003.03877.x     Document Type: Article

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