Biofilm growth alters regulation of conjugation by a bacterial pheromone

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 81, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1499-1510

  Cook, Laura ^a   Chatterjee, Anushree ^b   Barnes, Aaron ^a   Yarwood, Jeremy ^c   Hu, Wei Shou ^b   Dunny, Gary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c 3M COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL SEX PHEROMONE; SEX PHEROMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE DOSAGE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BIOFILMS; CONJUGATION, GENETIC; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHEROMONES; PLASMIDS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 80052720257     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07786.x     Document Type: Article

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