Did I Pick the Right Colony? Pitfalls in the Study of Regulation of the Phase Variable Antigen 43 Adhesin

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2013, Pages

  Chauhan, Ashwini ^a   Sakamoto, Chizuko ^a,b   Ghigo, Jean Marc ^a   Beloin, Christophe ^a  

^a INSTITUT PASTEUR   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIGEN 43 ADHESIN; LRP PROTEIN; MQSR PROTEIN; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGN43 GENE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; CELL AGGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; NONHUMAN;

ADHESINS, ESCHERICHIA COLI; BIOFILMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; LEUCINE-RESPONSIVE REGULATORY PROTEIN;

EID: 84883539752     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0073568     Document Type: Article

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