Deletion of penicillin-binding protein 1b impairs biofilm formation and motility in Escherichia coli

Research in Microbiology

Volumn 163, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 254-257

  Kumar, Akash ^a   Sarkar, Sujoy K ^a   Ghosh, Dipankar ^b   Ghosh, Anindya S ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b JAWAHARLAL NEHRU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Escherichia coli; Indole; Penicillin binding protein 1b

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; INDOLE; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 1B; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; WILD TYPE;

BIOFILMS; DOWN-REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; PEPTIDOGLYCAN GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; SEQUENCE DELETION; SERINE-TYPE D-ALA-D-ALA CARBOXYPEPTIDASE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84862809704     PISSN: 09232508     EISSN: 17697123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resmic.2012.01.006     Document Type: Article

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