A wider role for polyamines in biofilm formation

Biotechnology Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1715-1717

  Karatan, Ece ^b   Michael, Anthony J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Biofilm; Norspermidine; Polyamine; Spermidine; Vibrio cholerae

Indexed keywords

CARRIER PROTEIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEIN;

BIOFILM; EDITORIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOFILMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT PROTEINS; PERIPLASMIC BINDING PROTEINS;

EID: 84885607403     PISSN: 01415492     EISSN: 15736776     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-013-1286-3     Document Type: Editorial

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