Functional amyloids in bacteria

International Microbiology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 65-73

  Romero, Diego ^a   Kolter, Roberto ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus subtilis; Bacterial biofilms; Extracellular matrix; TasA amyloid like fibers

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

BACTERIUM; GENETICS; METABOLISM;

AMYLOID; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS;

EID: 84907247168     PISSN: 11396709     EISSN: 16181905     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2436/20.1501.01.208     Document Type: Article

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