Salmonella biofilm development depends on the phosphorylation status of RcsB

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 194, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 3708-3722

  Latasa, Cristina ^a   García, Begoña ^a   Echeverz, Maite ^a   Toledo Arana, Alejandro ^a   Valle, Jaione ^a   Campoy, Susana ^b   García del Portillo, Francisco ^c   Solano, Cristina ^a   Lasa, Iñigo ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHOSPHATE; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; RCSB PROTEIN; RNA 5S; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNTRANSLATED RNA;

ALLELE; AMBER MUTANT; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; SALMONELLA ENTERITIDIS; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; SALMONELLA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHIMURIUM;

EID: 84864013022     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00361-12     Document Type: Article

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