Genetic analysis of surface motility in Acinetobacter baumannii

Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 2534-2544

  Clemmer, Katy M ^a   Bonomo, Robert A ^a,b   Rather, Philip N ^a,c  

^a ATLANTA VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; DNA FRAGMENT; LACTONE DERIVATIVE; N (3 HYDROXY)DODECANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; O ANTIGEN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; PORIN A; PURINE; SURFACTANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BACTERIUM PILUS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; GENE MUTATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; MICROSCOPY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PILT GENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; QUORUM SENSING; TRANSPOSON;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; QUORUM SENSING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 80052381669     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.049791-0     Document Type: Article

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