Characterization of cell surface and extracellular matrix remodeling of Azospirillum brasilense chemotaxis-like 1 signal transduction pathway mutants by atomic force microscopy

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 314, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 131-139

  Edwards, Amanda Nicole ^a,b   Siuti, Piro ^a,b   Bible, Amber N ^b   Alexandre, Gladys ^b   Retterer, Scott T ^a   Doktycz, Mitchel J ^a,b   Morrell Falvey, Jennifer L ^a,b  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Azospirillum brasilense; CheA; CheY; Exopolysaccharide; Flocculation; Lipopolysaccharides

Indexed keywords

BACTERIUM LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; CHEA KINASE; CHEY PROTEIN; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LECTIN; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BINDING ASSAY; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL SURFACE; CHEMOTAXIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; FLOCCULATION; LECTIN BINDING; LETTER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; WILD TYPE;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL WALL; CHEMOTAXIS; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MUTATION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

AZOSPIRILLUM BRASILENSE;

EID: 78650219270     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2010.02156.x     Document Type: Letter

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