Characterization of the dapA-nlpB genetic locus involved in regulation of swarming motility, cell envelope architecture, hemolysin production, and cell attachment ability in Serratia marcescens

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 73, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 6075-6084

  Soo, Po Chi ^a   Wei, Jun Rong ^a   Horng, Yu Tze ^a   Hsieh, Shang Chen ^a   Ho, Shen Wu ^a,b   Lai, Hsin Chih ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOLYSIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL MIGRATION; CELL MOTILITY; CYTOTOXICITY; DAPA GENE; GENE; GENE LOCATION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC REGULATION; MOUSE; NLPB GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; THERMOREGULATION; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; CELL WALL; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENETIC MARKERS; HEMOLYSIN PROTEINS; HUMANS; LIPOPROTEINS; LOCOMOTION; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

EID: 23944431508     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.73.9.6075-6084.2005     Document Type: Article

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