Characterization of cellulose production in Escherichia coli Nissle 1917 and its biological consequences

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1105-1116

  Monteiro, Cláudia ^a   Saxena, Inder ^b   Wang, Xiaoda ^a   Kader, Abdul ^a   Bokranz, Werner ^c   Simm, Roger ^a   Nobles, David ^b   Chromek, Milan ^a   Brauner, Annelie ^a   Brown Jr , R Malcolm ^b   Römling, Ute ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR INFECTION RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELLULOSE; CRL PROTEIN, BACTERIA; CSGD PROTEIN, E COLI; DIGUANYLATE CYCLASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; LYASE; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BAGG ALBINO MOUSE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL LINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE MUCOSA; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE; PHYSIOLOGY; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CELLULOSE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INTESTINAL MUCOSA; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORUS-OXYGEN LYASES; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI NISSLE 1917;

EID: 65349144830     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2008.01840.x     Document Type: Article

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