Computational analysis suggests that virulence of Chromobacterium violaceum might be linked to biofilm formation and poly-NAG biosynthesis

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 640-644

  Becker, Sidnei ^a   Soares, Cíntia ^a   Porto, Luismar Marques ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA CATARINA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Chromobacterium violaceum pathogenicity; Comparative genomics; Exopolysaccharide

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; ASPARTIC ACID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLUTAMINE; HISTIDINE; POLY BETA 1,6 N ACETYL DEXTRO GLUCOSAMINE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN HMSF; PROTEIN HMSH; PROTEIN HMSR; TRYPTOPHAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; BORDETELLA PERTUSSIS; CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC CONSERVATION; LIPOGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; YERSINIA PESTIS;

CHROMOBACTERIUM VIOLACEUM;

EID: 69949107721     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572009000300031     Document Type: Article

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