Transcription in Escherichia coli PHL628 biofilms

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 268, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 237-243

  Junker, Lauren M ^a,b   Toba, F Andreas ^a   Hay, Anthony G ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; gspM (pshM); Transcriptional profile

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CARBON SOURCE; CELL CULTURE; CELL GROWTH; CELL STRESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INDUCTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOME; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLANKTON; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOFILMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 33846963199     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2006.00585.x     Document Type: Article

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