The exopolysaccharide gene cluster Bcam1330-Bcam1341 is involved in Burkholderia cenocepacia biofilm formation, and its expression is regulated by c-di-GMP and Bcam1349

MicrobiologyOpen

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 105-122

  Fazli, Mustafa ^a   Mccarthy, Yvonne ^b   Givskov, Michael ^a,c   Ryan, Robert P ^b   Tolker Nielsen, Tim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Burkholderia cenocepacia; C di GMP; Exopolysaccharide

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BCAM1349 PROTEIN; CELLULOSE; CYCLIC DIGUANOSINE MONOPHOSPHATE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; CELLULOSE GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CLUSTER; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSPOSON; TYPE 1 FIMBRIAE GENE;

BIOFILMS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; BURKHOLDERIA CENOCEPACIA; CYCLIC GMP; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MULTIGENE FAMILY; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84880069216     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20458827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.61     Document Type: Article

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