The absence of the Pseudomonas aeruginosa OprF protein leads to increased biofilm formation through variation in c-di-GMP level

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue JUN, 2015, Pages

  Bouffartigues, Emeline ^a   Moscoso, Joana A ^b   Duchesne, Rachel ^a   Rosay, Thibaut ^a   Fito Boncompte, Laurène ^a   Gicquel, Gwendoline ^a   Maillot, Olivier ^a   Bénard, Magalie ^c   Bazire, Alexis ^d   Brenner Weiss, Gerald ^e   Lesouhaitier, Olivier ^a   Lerouge, Patrice ^f   Dufour, Alain ^d   Orange, Nicole ^a   Feuilloley, Marc G J ^a   Overhage, Joerg ^e   Filloux, Alain ^b   Chevalier, Sylvie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROUEN   (France)

^d INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EUROPÉEN DE LA MER   (France)

^e KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITÉ DE ROUEN   (France)

Author keywords

Biofilm; c di GMP; ECF; Exopolysaccharides; OprF; SigX

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYCLIC GMP; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE PEL; OPRF PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR; SIGMA FACTOR ALGU; SIGMA FACTOR SIGX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REGULON; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RSMY GENE; RSMZ GENE;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 84937126479     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2015.00630     Document Type: Article

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