Type IV pili and the CcpA protein are needed for maximal biofilm formation by the gram-positive anaerobic pathogen Clostridium perfringens

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 4944-4951

  Varga, John J ^a,b   Therit, Blair ^a,c   Melville, Stephen B ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b J CRAIG VENTER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATABOLITE CONTROL PROTEIN A;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOFILM; CELL MOTILITY; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GLUCOSE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OXIDATIVE STRESS; OXYGEN; REPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 55849149011     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00692-08     Document Type: Article

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