Pel is a cationic exopolysaccharide that cross-links extracellular DNA in the Pseudomonas aeruginosa biofilm matrix

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 36, 2015, Pages 11353-11358

  Jennings, Laura K ^a   Storek, Kelly M ^a,g   Ledvina, Hannah E ^a   Coulon, Charlène ^b   Marmont, Lindsey S ^c,d   Sadovskaya, Irina ^b   Secor, Patrick R ^a   Tseng, Boo Shan ^a   Scian, Michele ^a   Filloux, Alain ^e   Wozniak, Daniel J ^f   Howell, P Lynne ^a,d   Parsek, Matthew R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU LITTORAL CÔTE D OPALE   (France)

^c HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^f OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^g STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biofilms; Exopolysaccharide; Extracellular DNA; Pel; Psl

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; CATION; DNA; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; N ACETYLGALACTOSAMINE; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; PEL; SUGAR NUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; EXOPOLYSACCHARIDE, PSEUDOMONAS; N ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE RECEPTOR; PLANT LECTIN; WISTERIA LECTIN;

ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CATION EXCHANGE; CELL AGGREGATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS LINKING; HYDROLYSIS; ISOELECTRIC POINT; ISOTHERMAL TITRATION CALORIMETRY; METHANOLYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; CHEMISTRY; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GENETICS; IMMUNOBLOTTING; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STAINING;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CATIONS; DNA, BACTERIAL; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASES; IMMUNOBLOTTING; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MUTATION; PLANT LECTINS; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECEPTORS, N-ACETYLGLUCOSAMINE; STAINING AND LABELING;

EID: 84941255002     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1503058112     Document Type: Article

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