Elevated levels of the norspermidine synthesis enzyme NspC enhance Vibrio cholerae biofilm formation without affecting intracellular norspermidine concentrations

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 329, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 18-27

  Parker, Zachary M ^a,b   Pendergraft, Samuel S ^a   Sobieraj, Jim ^a   Mcginnis, Marcus M ^a   Karatan, Ece ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cadaverine; Motility; Polyamine; Putrescine; Spermidine; Vps gene expression

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYNORSPERMIDINE DECARBOXYLASE; ENZYME; NORSPERMIDINE; POLYAMINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACTERIAL CELL; BIOFILM; CELL MOTILITY; FEEDBACK SYSTEM; GENE EXPRESSION; LETTER; NONHUMAN; POLYAMINE METABOLISM; POLYAMINE SYNTHESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LOCOMOTION; SPERMIDINE; VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

VIBRIO CHOLERAE;

EID: 84857790256     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: 15746968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6968.2012.02498.x     Document Type: Letter

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