A combination of glycerol and manganese promotes biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis via histidine kinase KinD signaling

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2747-2754

  Shemesh, Moshe ^a,b   Chaia, Yunrong ^c  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^c NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROWN PIGMENT; GLYCEROL; HISTIDINE KINASE KIND; MANGANESE; PIGMENT; PROTEIN HISTIDINE KINASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOFILM; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SPOROGENESIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOFILMS; CULTURE MEDIA; GENE EXPRESSION PROFILING; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GLYCEROL; MANGANESE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS LICHENIFORMIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 84880016919     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00028-13     Document Type: Article

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