Comparative analyses imply that the enigmatic sigma factor 54 is a central controller of the bacterial exterior

BMC Genomics

Volumn 12, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Francke, Christof ^a,b,d,e   Groot Kormelink, Tom ^a,b,c,e   Hagemeijer, Yanick ^e   Overmars, Lex ^a,c,e   Sluijter, Vincent ^e   Moezelaar, Roy ^a,c   Siezen, Roland J ^a,b,d,e  

^a TOP INSTITUTE FOOD AND NUTRITION   (Netherlands)

^b KLUYVER CENTRE FOR GENOMICS OF INDUSTRIAL FERMENTATION   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d NETHERLANDS BIOINFORMATICS CENTRE   (Netherlands)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Enhancer binding protein; Exopolysaccharide; Lipopolysaccharide; Motility; Nitrogen assimilation; Peptidoglycan

Indexed keywords

EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIPID; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDE; LIPOPROTEIN; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR RPON;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOSYNTHESIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENHANCER REGION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOMICS; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; PROMOTER REGION; SIGMA 54 GENE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIUM; CELL WALL; CHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME MAP; CYTOLOGY; ENZYMOLOGY; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FLAGELLUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PROKARYOTA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BACTERIA; CELL WALL; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENHANCER ELEMENTS, GENETIC; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; FLAGELLA; GENOMICS; LIPOPOLYSACCHARIDES; LIPOPROTEINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDOGLYCAN; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; RNA POLYMERASE SIGMA 54;

EID: 79960854989     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-12-385     Document Type: Article

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