Biofilms and Cyclic di-GMP (c-di-GMP) signaling: Lessons from Pseudomonas aeruginosa and other bacteria

Journal of Biological Chemistry

Volumn 291, Issue 24, 2016, Pages 12547-12555

  Valentini, Martina ^a   Filloux, Alain ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOFILMS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

BACTERIAL BIOFILM; BIOFILM FORMATION; COMPLEX REGULATORY NETWORK; HUMAN PATHOGENS; MODEL ORGANISMS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SECOND MESSENGER; SIGNALING SYSTEMS;

CELL SIGNALING;

CYCLIC DIGUANYLATE; CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BIS(3',5')-CYCLIC DIGUANYLIC ACID; CYCLIC GMP;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL BIOFILM FORMATION; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BINDING SITE; CAULOBACTER VIBRIOIDES; EAL DOMAIN; ENZYME DEGRADATION; ENZYME REGULATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; GGDEF DOMAIN; HD GYP DOMAIN; HUMAN; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE METABOLISM; NUCLEOTIDE TRANSPORT; PILZ DOMAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; SALMONELLA; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; XANTHOMONAS CAMPESTRIS; XANTHOMONAS CITRI; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOSYNTHESIS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; SECOND MESSENGER;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; CYCLIC GMP; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SECOND MESSENGER SYSTEMS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 84974577707     PISSN: 00219258     EISSN: 1083351X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1074/jbc.R115.711507     Document Type: Short Survey

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