Structure and Function of the Escherichia coli Protein YmgB: A Protein Critical for Biofilm Formation and Acid-resistance

Journal of Molecular Biology

Volumn 373, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-26

  Lee, Jintae ^a   Page, Rebecca ^b   García Contreras, Rodolfo ^a   Palermino, Jeanne Marie ^c   Zhang, Xue Song ^a   Doshi, Ojus ^b   Wood, Thomas K ^a,d   Peti, Wolfgang ^c  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

acid resistance; biofilm; E. coli; gene regulatory protein; protein structure

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; PROTEIN YMGB; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; CELL MOTILITY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA MICROARRAY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEL MOBILITY SHIFT ASSAY; GENE CLUSTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 34548598563     PISSN: 00222836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmb.2007.07.037     Document Type: Article

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