The disulfide bonding system suppresses CsgD-Independent cellulose production in Escherichia coli

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 196, Issue 21, 2014, Pages 3690-3699

  Hufnagel, David A ^a   DePas, William H ^b   Chapmana, Matthew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELLULOSE; CYCLIC GMP; DSBA PROTEIN; PERIPLASMIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN ADRA; PROTEIN CSGD; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CSGD PROTEIN, E COLI; DISULFIDE; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CYTOPLASM; DISULFIDE BOND; ENZYME ACTIVATION; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMISTRY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BIOFILMS; CELLULOSE; DISULFIDES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84907835236     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: 10985530     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.02019-14     Document Type: Article

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