Engineering a novel c-di-GMP-binding protein for biofilm dispersal

Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 631-642

  Ma, Qun ^a   Yang, Zhonghua ^a,b   Pu, Mingming ^a   Peti, Wolfgang ^b   Wood, Thomas K ^a,c,d  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIS(3',5') CYCLIC DIGUANYLIC ACID; BIS(3',5')-CYCLIC DIGUANYLIC ACID; CYCLIC GMP; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; YJGI PROTEIN, E COLI;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI K 12; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

BIOFILMS; CYCLIC GMP; ESCHERICHIA COLI K12; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES; PROTEIN ENGINEERING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79952078501     PISSN: 14622912     EISSN: 14622920     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1462-2920.2010.02368.x     Document Type: Article

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