Contribution of the SirA regulon to biofilm formation in Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium

Microbiology

Volumn 152, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 3411-3423

  Teplitski, Max ^a   Al Agely, Ali ^a   Ahmer, Brian M M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN CSRB; PROTEIN CSRC; PROTEIN FIML; PROTEIN FLHDC; PROTEIN SIRA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIMBRIA; FLAGELLUM; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; ORTHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; REGULON; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SEROTYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; REGULON; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); GAMMAPROTEOBACTERIA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM; SEIRA;

EID: 33750948992     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2911-0     Document Type: Article

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