The diguanylate cyclase YddV controls production of the exopolysaccharide poly-N-acetylglucosamine (PNAG) through regulation of the PNAG biosynthetic pgaABCD operon

Microbiology

Volumn 156, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2901-2911

  Tagliabue, Letizia ^a   Antoniani, Davide ^a   Macia̧g, Anna ^a   Bocci, Paola ^b   Raffaelli, Nadia ^b   Landini, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIGUANYLATE CYCLASE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PROTEIN YDDV; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BETA-GLUCANS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OPERON; PHOSPHORUS-OXYGEN LYASES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 77957862775     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.041350-0     Document Type: Article

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