Tracing the domestication of a biofilm-forming bacterium

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 193, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2027-2034

  McLoon, Anna L ^a   Guttenplan, Sarah B ^b   Kearns, Daniel B ^b   Kolter, Roberto ^c   Losick, Richard ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DEGQ PROTEIN; EPSC PROTEIN; RAPP PROTEIN; SFP PROTEIN; SWRA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTICATION; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WILD TYPE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; SERIAL PASSAGE;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79955427250     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01542-10     Document Type: Article

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