N-Acetylglucosamine-dependent biofilm formation in Pectobacterium atrosepticum is cryptic and activated by elevated c-di-GMP levels

Microbiology

Volumn 157, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3340-3348

  Pérez Mendoza, Daniel ^a,b   Coulthurst, Sarah J ^c   Sanjuán, Juan ^b   Salmond, George P C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIBUTYRYL CYCLIC GMP; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL TRANSLOCATION; BIOFILM; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PECTOBACTERIUM; PECTOBACTERIUM ATROSEPTICUM; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRANSPOSON;

ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; BIOFILMS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CYCLIC GMP; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; PECTOBACTERIUM; RECOMBINANT PROTEINS;

EID: 82555181640     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.050450-0     Document Type: Article

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