CcpA and three newly identified proteins are involved in biofilm development in Lactobacillus plantarum

Journal of Basic Microbiology

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 62-71

  Muscariello, Lidia ^a   Marino, Carlo ^a   Capri, Ugo ^a   Vastano, Valeria ^a   Marasco, Rosangela ^a   Sacco, Margherita ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biofilm development; Biofilm regulatory protein A; Catabolite control protein A; Lactobacillus plantarum; Probiotic

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CATABOLITE CONTROL PROTEINS, BACTERIA; PROBIOTIC AGENT; REPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIOLYSIS; BIOFILM; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIOLYSIS; BIOFILMS; GENES, BACTERIAL; LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; PROBIOTICS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOBACILLUS PLANTARUM; STREPTOCOCCUS MUTANS;

EID: 84872787311     PISSN: 0233111X     EISSN: 15214028     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jobm.201100456     Document Type: Article

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