Phage insertion in mlrA and variations in rpoS limit curli expression and biofilm formation in Escherichia coli serotype O157 : H7

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 159, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1586-1596

  Uhlich, Gaylen A ^a   Chen, Chin Yi ^a   Cottrell, Bryan J ^a   Hofmann, Christopher S ^a   Dudley, Edward G ^b   Strobaugh, Terence P ^a   Nguyen, Ly Huong ^a  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRA PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELLULOSE; CSGD PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; GUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR RPOD; SIGMA FACTOR RPOS; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; MLRA GENE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROPHAGE; PROTEIN BINDING; RPOS GENE; SEROTYPE; WILD TYPE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; COLIPHAGES; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; GENETIC VARIATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SIGMA FACTOR;

EID: 84881243295     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.066118-0     Document Type: Article

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