Genetic analysis of the requirement for flp-2, tadV, and rcpB in Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans biofilm formation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 188, Issue 17, 2006, Pages 6361-6375

  Perez, B A ^a   Planet, P J ^a,b   Kachlany, S C ^a,c   Tomich, M ^a   Fine, D H ^c   Figurski, D H ^a  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b DIVISION OF INVERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; FLP2 GENE; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RCPB GENE; TADV GENE;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; ENDOPEPTIDASES; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS; PHENOTYPE;

ACTINOBACILLUS ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS;

EID: 33748993158     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00496-06     Document Type: Article

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