An intricate network of regulators controls biofilm formation and colonization by Vibrio fischeri: MicroReview

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 782-789

  Visick, Karen L ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELLULOSE; POLYSACCHARIDE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; RSCS PROTEIN; SYPE PROTEIN; SYPG PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VPSR PROTEIN;

BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EUPRYMNA SCOLOPES; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HOST RANGE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SQUID; SYMBIOSIS; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DECAPODIFORMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; REGULON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; VIBRIO FISCHERI; VIBRIO INFECTIONS; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CEPHALOPODA; EUPRYMNA SCOLOPES; VIBRIO FISCHERI;

EID: 70449572130     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2009.06899.x     Document Type: Short Survey

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