Cyclic diguanylate (c-di-GMP) regulates Vibrio cholerae biofilm formation

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 857-869

  Tischler, Anna D ^a   Camilli, Andrew ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYCLIC DIGUANYLATE; CYCLIC GMP DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PROTEIN VIEA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA BINDING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RIBONUCLEASE PROTECTION ASSAY; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BIOFILMS; CYCLIC GMP; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HOMEOSTASIS; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; PHENOTYPE; PLASMIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RIBONUCLEASES; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; VIBRIO; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 3843069972     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2004.04155.x     Document Type: Article

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