A communal bacterial adhesin anchors biofilm and bystander cells to surfaces

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 7, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Absalon, Cedric ^a   van Dellen, Katrina ^a   Watnick, Paula I ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; BAP1 PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; NUCLEAR MATRIX PROTEIN; PROTEOME; RBMA PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; BIOFILM MATRIX; CELL SURFACE; NONHUMAN; PLANKTON; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SESSILE SPECIES; VIBRIO CHOLERAE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PROTEOMICS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROTEOMICS; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 80052313373     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1002210     Document Type: Article

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