Surface contact stimulates the just-in-time deployment of bacterial adhesins

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 41-51

  Li, Guanglai ^a   Brown, Pamela J B ^b   Tang, Jay X ^a   Xu, Jing ^b   Quardokus, Ellen M ^b   Fuqua, Clay ^b   Brun, Yves V ^b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ALPHAPROTEOBACTERIA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM PILUS; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; CELL ADHESION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL SURFACE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; NONHUMAN; OSMOTIC PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; CAULOBACTER CRESCENTUS; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL;

AGROBACTERIUM TUMEFACIENS; ASTICCACAULIS BIPROSTHECIUM; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES;

EID: 84155164758     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2011.07909.x     Document Type: Article

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