Hha controls Escherichia coli O157:H7 biofilm formation by differential regulation of global transcriptional regulators FlhDC and CsgD

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 2384-2396

  Sharma, Vijay K ^a   Bearson, Bradley L ^b  

^a NATIONAL ANIMAL DISEASE CENTER   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE ENCODING; MUTAGENESIS; RESTORATION; TRANSCRIPTION;

DIFFERENTIAL REGULATION; ENTEROHEMORRHAGIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157:H7; MOLECULAR MECHANISM; NEGATIVE REGULATORS; REGULATORY EFFECTS; REGULATORY MECHANISM; TRANSCRIPTIONAL REGULATOR;

BIOFILMS;

BACTERIOLOGY; BIOFILM; FECAL COLIFORM; GENE EXPRESSION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; MOTILITY; MUTATION;

EID: 84875482643     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: 10985336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.02998-12     Document Type: Article

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