Sulfate assimilation pathway intermediate phosphoadenosine 5′-phosphosulfate acts as a signal molecule affecting production of curli fibres in Escherichia coli

Microbiology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 160, Issue PART 9, 2014, Pages 1832-1844

  Rossi, Elio ^a   Motta, Sara ^b   Mauri, Pierluigi ^b   Landini, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE 3' PHOSPHATE 5' PHOSPHOSULFATE; ADENOSINE 5' PHOSPHOSULFATE; CYSTEINE; ORGANOSULFONATE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN FLU; PROTEIN OMPX; PROTEIN SLP; SULFATE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; THIOSULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL AGGREGATION; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SURFACE; DOWN REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; OUTER MEMBRANE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 84906877006     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: 14652080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.079699-0     Document Type: Article

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