Characterization of a two-component regulatory system from Acinetobacter baumannii that controls biofilm formation and cellular morphology

Microbiology

Volumn 154, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 3398-3409

  Tomaras, Andrew P ^a,b   Flagler, Michael J ^a,c   Dorsey, Caleb W ^a,d   Gaddy, Jennifer A ^a   Actis, Luis A ^a  

^a MIAMI UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN BFMR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CELL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DISRUPTION; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC SCREENING; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; OPERON; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII;

EID: 57349190158     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2008/019471-0     Document Type: Article

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