Role of MrkJ, a phosphodiesterase, in type 3 fimbrial xpression and Biofilm formation in Klebsiella pneumoniae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 3944-3950

  Johnson, Jeremiah G ^a   Clegg, Steven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGUANYLATE CYCLASE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; MRKJ ENZYME; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FIMBRIA PROTEIN; LYASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FIMBRIA; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; IN VITRO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ENZYMOLOGY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PLASMID;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; VIBRIO PARAHAEMOLYTICUS;

BIOFILMS; FIMBRIAE PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTATION; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; PHOSPHORUS-OXYGEN LYASES; PLASMIDS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 77955303037     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00304-10     Document Type: Article

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