Role of CysE in production of an extracellular signaling molecule in Providencia stuartii and Escherichia coli: Loss of cysE enhances biofilm formation in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 22, 2004, Pages 7610-7617

  Sturgill, Gwen ^a   Toutain, Christine M ^b   Komperda, John ^a   O'Toole, George A ^b   Rather, Philip N ^a,c,d  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA GALACTOSIDASE; N ACETYLSERINE; N ACETYLTHREONINE; O ACETYLSERINE; O ACETYLTHREONINE; SERINE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; SERINE DERIVATIVE; THREONINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CATALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE CONTROL; GENE FUSION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVIDENCIA STUARTII; REGULON; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPOSON;

ACETYLTRANSFERASES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CULTURE MEDIA; CYSTEINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PROVIDENCIA; SERINE O-ACETYLTRANSFERASE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROVIDENCIA; PROVIDENCIA STUARTII; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 7744236143     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.22.7610-7617.2004     Document Type: Article

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