Differential control of yersinia pestis biofilm formation in vitro and in the flea vector by two c-di-gmp diguanylate cyclases

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2011, Pages

  Sun, Yi Cheng ^a,c   Koumoutsi, Alexandra ^b   Jarrett, Clayton ^a   Lawrence, Kevin ^a   Gherardini, Frank C ^a   Darby, Creg ^b   Hinnebusch, B Joseph ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF PATHOGEN BIOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLIC GMP; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIS(3',5') CYCLIC DIGUANYLIC ACID; BIS(3',5')-CYCLIC DIGUANYLIC ACID; DIGUANYLATE CYCLASE; DRUG DERIVATIVE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HMST PROTEIN, YERSINIA PESTIS; LYASE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE MODEL; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FLEA; GENE DELETION; HMSP GENE; HMST GENE; IN VITRO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLAGUE; PROTEIN DOMAIN; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; Y3730 GENE; YERSINIA PESTIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SIPHONAPTERA (FLEAS); YERSINIA PESTIS;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CYCLIC GMP; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MICE; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORUS-OXYGEN LYASES; PLAGUE; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SIPHONAPTERA; VIRULENCE; YERSINIA PESTIS;

EID: 79955774904     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0019267     Document Type: Article

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