Tapping into the biofilm: Insights into assembly and disassembly of a novel amyloid fibre in Bacillus subtilis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1133-1136

  Driks, Adam ^a  

^a LOYOLA UNIVERSITY CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; PROTEIN CSGB; PROTEIN TAPA; PROTEIN TASA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BIOFILM; CELL ADHESION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; NONHUMAN; NOTE; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ASSEMBLY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SPOROGENESIS;

AMYLOID; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OPERON;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 79957496865     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07666.x     Document Type: Note

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