Holdfast formation in motile swarmer cells optimizes surface attachment during Caulobacter crescentus development

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 14, 2006, Pages 5315-5318

  Levi, Assaf ^a   Jenal, Urs ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GUANYLATE CYCLASE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM PILUS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL DIVISION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL ISOLATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURFACE; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL CYCLE; CELL MEMBRANE; PHOSPHORUS-OXYGEN LYASES; PROTEIN PROCESSING, POST-TRANSLATIONAL; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

EID: 33745898224     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01725-05     Document Type: Article

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