Putative exopolysaccharide synthesis genes influence Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm development

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 14, 2004, Pages 4449-4456

  Matsukawa, Masanori ^a   Greenberg, E P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGINIC ACID; BACTERIAL DNA; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHROMOSOME INSERTION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INACTIVATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

BIOFILMS; CARBOHYDRATES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; OPERON; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAINING AND LABELING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 3042775430     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.14.4449-4456.2004     Document Type: Article

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