The protective layer of biofilm: A repellent function for a new class of amphiphilic proteins

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 8-11

  Kovács, Ákos T ^a   van Gestel, Jordi ^b   Kuipers, Oscar P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c KLUYVER CENTRE FOR GENOMICS OF INDUSTRIAL FERMENTATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOPHILE; AMYLOID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; POLYMER; PROTEIN BSLA; PROTEIN TASA; PROTEIN YUAB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOFILM; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PERMEABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SECRETION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS;

EID: 84862768571     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08101.x     Document Type: Note

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