The shf gene of a Shigella flexneri homologue on the virulent plasmid pAA2 of enteroaggregative Escherichia coli 042 is required for firm biofilm formation

Current Microbiology

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 474-480

  Fujiyama, Rika ^a   Nishi, Junichiro ^a   Imuta, Naoko ^a   Tokuda, Koichi ^a   Manago, Kunihiro ^a   Kawano, Yoshifumi ^a  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SHF PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; ENTEROAGGREGATIVE ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CLUSTER; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MICROTITER PLATE ASSAY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DYSENTERY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; HUMANS; OPEN READING FRAMES; PLASMIDS; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI 042; SHIGELLA FLEXNERI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 43349093477     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-008-9115-y     Document Type: Article

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