Identification and characterization of a phosphodiesterase that inversely regulates motility and biofilm formation in Vibrio cholerae

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 192, Issue 18, 2010, Pages 4541-4552

  Liu, Xianxian ^a   Beyhan, Sinem ^a,b   Lim, Bentley ^a,b   Linington, Roger G ^a   Yildiz, Fitnat H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYCLIC DIGUANYLATE GUANOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; CYCLIC GMP; DIGUANYLATE CYCLASE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; PROTEIN CDGJ; PROTEIN EAL; PROTEIN FLAA; PROTEIN GGDEF; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIS(3',5') CYCLIC DIGUANYLIC ACID; BIS(3',5')-CYCLIC DIGUANYLIC ACID; DRUG DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; FLAGELLUM; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TWITCHING MOTILITY; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; WILD TYPE; ENZYMOLOGY; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BIOFILMS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; CYCLIC GMP; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 77956497047     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00209-10     Document Type: Article

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