An accessory protein required for anchoring and assembly of amyloid fibres in B. subtilis biofilms

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1155-1168

  Romero, Diego ^a   Vlamakis, Hera ^a   Losick, Richard ^b   Kolter, Roberto ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROTEIN TAPA; TASA ANCHORING ASSEMBLY PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; IMMUNOGOLD LABELING; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING;

AMYLOID; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CELL WALL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OPERON; PROTEIN TRANSPORT;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 79957460465     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07653.x     Document Type: Article

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