Capsule deletion via a λ-Red knockout system perturbs biofilm formation and fimbriae expression in Klebsiella pneumoniae MGH 78578

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Huang, Tzu Wen ^a,b   Lam, Irene ^b   Chang, Hwan You ^c   Tsai, Shih Feng ^a   Palsson, Bernhard O ^b   Charusanti, Pep ^b  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Capsule; Expression profiling; Fimbriae; Gene knockouts; Infectious disease; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL RNA; BETA GLUCAN; MESSENGER RNA; OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEIN; POLY N ACETYL 1 6 GLUCOSAMINE; POLY-N-ACETYL-1-6-GLUCOSAMINE; RECOMBINASE; TRANSCRIPTOME; VIRUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CAPSULE; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BIOFILM; BIOSYNTHESIS; ENZYMOLOGY; FIMBRIA; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METABOLISM; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIAL CAPSULES; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BACTERIOPHAGE LAMBDA; BETA-GLUCANS; BIOFILMS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; FIMBRIAE, BACTERIAL; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; RECOMBINASES; RNA, BACTERIAL; RNA, MESSENGER; TRANSCRIPTOME; VIRAL PROTEINS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 84892189051     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-7-13     Document Type: Article

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