Cell dispersal in biofilms: An extracellular DNA masks nature's strongest glue: MicroCommentary

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 801-804

  Kirkpatrick, Clare L ^a   Viollier, Patrick H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; GENOMIC DNA;

BIOFILM; CAULOBACTER; CELL ADHESION; CELL HYBRIDIZATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SYNCHRONIZATION; CYTOLYSIS; DNA BINDING; DNA METABOLISM; DNA STRUCTURE; GENE FREQUENCY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; DNA, BACTERIAL; LOCOMOTION;

EID: 77955356537     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2010.07268.x     Document Type: Note

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