Two genetic loci produce distinct carbohydrate-rich structural components of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm matrix

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 4457-4465

  Friedman, Lisa ^a   Kolter, Roberto ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; MANNOSE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE LOCUS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE DELETION; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; OPEN READING FRAMES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 3042735895     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.14.4457-4465.2004     Document Type: Article

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