Hha, YbaJ, and OmpA regulate Escherichia coli K12 biofilm formation and conjugation plasmids abolish motility

Biotechnology and Bioengineering

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 188-200

  González Barrios, Andrés F ^a   Zuo, Rongjun ^a   Ren, Dacheng ^a   Wood, Thomas K ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b Texas A and M University   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilm regulation; Conjugation; E. Coli; Hha; Motility; OmpA; YbaJ

Indexed keywords

BIOFILMS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CELL CULTURE; CELLS;

BIOFILM REGULATION; CONJUGATION; HHA; MOTILITY; OMPA; YBAJ;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; GLUCOSE; HEMOLYSIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN A; PROTEIN HHA; PROTEIN YBAJ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL MOTILITY; CONJUGATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID;

BIOFILMS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE DELETION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12;

EID: 30944444979     PISSN: 00063592     EISSN: 10970290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bit.20681     Document Type: Article

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