The response regulator PhoP negatively regulates Yersinia pseudotuberculosis and Yersinia pestis biofilms

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 290, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-90

  Sun, Yi Cheng ^a,b   Koumoutsi, Alexandra ^a   Darby, Creg ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubonic plague; Caenorhabditis elegans; Two component systems

Indexed keywords

PHOP PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PHOSPHORUS-OXYGEN LYASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; YERSINIA PESTIS; YERSINIA PSEUDOTUBERCULOSIS;

EID: 57449089610     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2008.01409.x     Document Type: Article

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