The nucleoid-associated protein Fis directly modulates the synthesis of cellulose, an essential component of pellicle-biofilms in the phytopathogenic bacterium Dickeya dadantii

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 172-186

  Prigent Combaret, Claire ^a,b,c   Zghidi Abouzid, Ouafa ^a,b,d,e   Effantin, Géraldine ^a,b,d,e   Lejeune, Philippe ^a,b,d,e   Reverchon, Sylvie ^a,b,d,e   Nasser, William ^a,b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c University of Lyon   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BCSA PROTEIN; CELLULOSE; FACTOR FOR INVERSION STIMULATION; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BCSA GENE; BIOFILM; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DICKEYA DADANTII; GENE EXPRESSION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PECTOBACTERIUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DICKEYA DADANTII; PECTOBACTERIUM;

EID: 84867053559     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08182.x     Document Type: Article

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