BolA is a transcriptional switch that turns off motility and turns on biofilm development

mBio

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Dressaire, Clémentine ^a   Moreira, Ricardo Neves ^a   Barahona, Susana ^a   de Matos, António Pedro Alves ^b   Arraiano, Cecília Maria ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE CIÊNCIAS DA SAÚDE EGAS MONIZ   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; PROTEIN BOLA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; BOLA PROTEIN, E COLI; PROTEIN BINDING; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL MOTILITY; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIOPLANKTON; BINDING AFFINITY; BIOFILM; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CELL MOTILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CITRIC ACID CYCLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTIC CELL; FIMBRIA; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENOME ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTIC CELL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; FLAGELLUM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE REGULATORY NETWORK; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LOCOMOTION; METABOLISM; ORGANELLE BIOGENESIS; PHYSIOLOGY; REGULON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BIOFILMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FLAGELLA; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE REGULATORY NETWORKS; LOCOMOTION; ORGANELLE BIOGENESIS; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULON; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84924198377     PISSN: 21612129     EISSN: 21507511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mBio.02352-14     Document Type: Article

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