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Identification of Tn10 insertions in the dsbA gene affecting Escherichia coli biofilm formation.
FEMS microbiology letters - 15 Apr 1999
Genevaux P, Bauda P, DuBow M S, Oudega B
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli was used as model to study initial adhesion and early biofilm development to an abiotic surface. Tn10 insertion mutants with reduced attachment to a polystyrene surface were isolated. Three adhesion mutants harbored the transposon in the dsbA gene, whose product, DsbA, catalyses folding of numerous extracytoplasmic disulfide bond-containing proteins. All three mutants were weakly adherent and...
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