Environmental regulation of the pgaABCD locus in Escherichia coli

Background : The staphylococci are a major cause of catheter-related infections, due, in part, to their ability to form a biofilm. The major constituent of the biofilm matrix is the polysaccharide PNAG, synthesized by the proteins encoded in the icaADBC locus. Recently, it has been demonstrated that...

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Main Author: Cerca, Nuno (author)
Other Authors: Azeredo, Joana (author), Oliveira, Rosário (author), Pier, Gerald B. (author), Jefferson, Kimberly K. (author)
Format: conferenceObject
Language:eng
Published: 2005
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1822/3995
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorium.sdum.uminho.pt:1822/3995