The pel genes of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa PAK strain are involved at early and late stages of biofilm formation

Microbiology

Volumn 151, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 985-997

  Vasseur, Perrine ^a   Vallet Gely, Isabelle ^a,b   Soscia, Chantal ^a   Genin, Stéphane ^a   Filloux, Alain ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

^b BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID TRANSPORTER; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN PEL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOASSAY; BIOFILM; BIOGENESIS; BIOINFORMATICS; CELL SURFACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CODE; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN BINDING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; HYDROPHOBICITY; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RALSTONIA SOLANACEARUM;

EID: 15844362276     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.27410-0     Document Type: Article

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