A novel regulatory protein governing biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 68, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1117-1127

  Chu, Frances ^a   Kearns, Daniel B ^a,b   McLoon, Anna ^a   Chai, Yunrong ^a   Kolter, Roberto ^c   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN ABRB; PROTEIN SINR; PROTEIN SLR; PROTEIN TASA; REGULATOR PROTEIN; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REGULATORY MECHANISM;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OPERON; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 43449116048     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2008.06201.x     Document Type: Article

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