Inactivation of cyclic di-GMP binding protein TDE0214 affects the motility, biofilm formation, and virulence of Treponema denticola

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 195, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 3897-3905

  Bian, Jiang ^a   Liu, Xiangyang ^b   Cheng, Yi Qiang ^b   Li, Chunhao ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BINDING PROTEIN; BIS (3',5') CYCLIC DIMERIC GMP; CYCLIC GMP; TDE0214 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL IMMUNITY; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CELL MOTILITY; CELL TRACKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; HUMORAL IMMUNITY; IN VIVO STUDY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN ABSCESS; SPIROCHETE; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA; WILD TYPE;

ABSCESS; ANIMALS; BIOFILMS; CARRIER PROTEINS; CYCLIC GMP; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; KINETICS; LOCOMOTION; MICE; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; TREPONEMA DENTICOLA; VIRULENCE; VIRULENCE FACTORS;

EID: 84883509129     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00610-13     Document Type: Article

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