Rhizobium common nod genes are required for biofilm formation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 504-515

  Fujishige, Nancy A ^a   Lum, Michelle R ^a,c   De Hoff, Peter L ^a   Whitelegge, Julian P ^a,b   Faull, Kym F ^a,b   Hirsch, Ann M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c LOYOLA MARYMOUNT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CHITINASE; LUTEOLIN; NOD FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; BIOFILM; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INDUCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; NOD GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

ANTIBODIES, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; LUTEOLIN; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

BETAPROTEOBACTERIA; RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI;

EID: 37749036782     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.06064.x     Document Type: Article

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