Biofilm dispersal: deciding when it is better to travel

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 94, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 747-750

  Wood, Thomas K ^a,b  

^a The Pennsylvania State University   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BDLA PROTEIN; CYCLIC DIGUANYLATE GMP; DIGUANYLATE CYCLASE; GUANOSINE PHOSPHATE; GUANYLATE CYCLASE; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; NICD PROTEIN; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; REGULATOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; LYASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOFILM; BIOFILM DISPERSAL; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GROWTH RATE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEPHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ENZYMOLOGY; FOOD; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BIOFILMS; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; FOOD; PHOSPHORUS-OXYGEN LYASES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84930983302     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: 13652958     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mmi.12797     Document Type: Article

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