A master regulator for biofilm formation by Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 739-749

  Kearns, Daniel B ^a   Chu, Frances ^a   Branda, Steven S ^b   Kolter, Roberto ^b   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BINDING SITE; BIOFILM; CELL MOTILITY; DNA SEQUENCE; EPS GENE; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; REPRESSOR GENE; SINR GENE; YLBF GENE; YMCA GENE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OPERON; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 13444292348     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04440.x     Document Type: Article

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