GlgS, described previously as a glycogen synthesis control protein, negatively regulates motility and biofilm formation in Escherichia coli

Biochemical Journal

Volumn 452, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 559-573

  Rahimpour, Mehdi ^a   Montero, Manuel ^a   Almagro, Goizeder ^a   Viale, Alejandro M ^a,b   Sevilla, Ángel ^c   Cánovas, Manuel ^c   Muñoz, Francisco J ^a   Baroja Fernández, Edurne ^a   Bahaji, Abdellatif ^a   Eydallin, Gustavo ^a,e   Dose, Hitomi ^d   Takeuchi, Rikiya ^d   Mori, Hirotada ^d   Pozueta Romero, Javier ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^d NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Exopolysaccharide; Flagellar motility; GlgS; Glycogen; Growth regulation; Large scale genetic interaction

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLYCOGEN; NUCLEOTIDE; POLYSTYRENE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; SURFACE COMPOSITION REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIAL FLAGELLUM; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CONJUGATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GLYCOGEN METABOLISM; GLYCOGEN SYNTHESIS; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PURINE SYNTHESIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSCRIPTOMICS; WILD TYPE;

BIOFILMS; DOWN-REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GLYCOGEN; MOLECULAR MOTOR PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84878415056     PISSN: 02646021     EISSN: 14708728     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1042/BJ20130154     Document Type: Article

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