The Cpx system of Escherichia coli, a strategic signaling pathway for confronting adverse conditions and for settling biofilm communities?

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 306-314

  Dorel, Corinne ^a   Lejeune, Philippe ^a   Rodrigue, Agnès ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Adherence; Biofilm; CpxRA; Escherichia coli; Two component pathway

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; COLICIN A; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN C; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN F; PROTEIN CPXA; PROTEIN CPXR; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; PROTEINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOFILM; CELL INTERACTION; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC VARIABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REGULON; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; PROTEIN FOLDING; REGULON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33646072467     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2005.12.003     Document Type: Short Survey

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