MecA dampens transitions to spore, biofilm exopolysaccharide and competence expression by two different mechanisms

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1014-1030

  Prepiak, Peter ^a,d   Defrancesco, Melissa ^b,d,e   Spadavecchia, Sophia ^a   Mirouze, Nicolas ^a   Albano, Mark ^a,f   Persuh, Marjan ^a   Fujita, Masaya ^c   Dubnau, D ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c University of Houston   (United States)

^d NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^f CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PROTEIN COMK; PROTEIN SPO0A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SPOROGENESIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; DOWN-REGULATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; PHOSPHORYLATION; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SPORES, BACTERIAL; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; TRANSFORMATION, BACTERIAL;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 79955726232     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07627.x     Document Type: Article

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