The biofilm formation defect of a Bacillus subtilis flotillin-defective mutant involves the protease FtsH

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 457-471

  Yepes, Ana ^a   Schneider, Johannes ^a   Mielich, Benjamin ^a   Koch, Gudrun ^a   García Betancur, Juan Carlos ^a   Ramamurthi, Kumaran S ^b   Vlamakis, Hera ^c   López, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; FLOTILLIN; FTSH PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YQFA PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MUTATION; PEPTIDE HYDROLASES; PROTEIN BINDING;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84867466822     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2012.08205.x     Document Type: Article

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