The yddV-dos operon controls biofilm formation through the regulation of genes encoding curli fibers' subunits in aerobically growing Escherichia coli

FEMS Immunology and Medical Microbiology

Volumn 59, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 477-484

  Tagliabue, Letizia ^a   Maciag, Anna ^a   Antoniani, Davide ^a   Landini, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

adhesion factors; biofilm formation; c di GMP; curli; diguanylate cyclase; oxygen sensing; phosphodiesterase

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC DIGUANYLATE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; OXYGEN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CRL PROTEIN, BACTERIA; CYCLIC GMP PHOSPHODIESTERASE; DIGUANYLATE CYCLASE; DOSP PROTEIN, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; LYASE; YDDV PROTEIN, E COLI;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CURLI FIBER; DOS GENE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIBER; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURAL GENE; YDDV GENE; AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC GROWTH; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHYSIOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

3',5'-CYCLIC-GMP PHOSPHODIESTERASES; AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OPERON; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; PHOSPHORUS-OXYGEN LYASES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 77954639898     PISSN: 09288244     EISSN: 1574695X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-695X.2010.00702.x     Document Type: Article

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