A previously uncharacterized gene, yjfO (bsmA), influences Escherichia coli biofilm formation and stress response

Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 139-147

  Weber, Mary M ^a   French, Christa L ^a   Barnes, Mary B ^b   Siegele, Deborah A ^c   McLean, Robert J C ^a  

^a Texas State University   (United States)

^b TULANE NATIONAL PRIMATE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACID; ALKALI; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PEROXIDE; PROTEIN YJFO; SERINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CELL SURFACE; CHEMICAL STRESS; CHEMOSTAT; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HEAT STRESS; HYDROPHOBICITY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSICAL STRESS; PLANKTON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; UPREGULATION;

BIOFILMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RNA, BACTERIAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 76849103858     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.031468-0     Document Type: Article

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