A novel regulator RcdA of the csgD gene encoding the master regulator of biofilm formation in Escherichia coli

MicrobiologyOpen

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 381-394

  Shimada, Tomohiro ^a,b   Katayama, Yasunori ^a   Kawakita, Shuichi ^a   Ogasawara, Hiroshi ^a,c   Nakano, Masahiro ^a   Yamamoto, Kaneyoshi ^a   Ishihama, Akira ^a  

^a HOSEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c SHINSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Biofilm formation; csgD promoter; Genomic SELEX; Regulation network; Transcription factor

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN RCDA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR YBJK; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CSGD GENE; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA PROBE; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE FUNCTION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REGULATOR GENE;

EID: 84880194448     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20458827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mbo3.42     Document Type: Article

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