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SOS involvement in stress-inducible biofilm formation.
Biofouling - 1 Jul 2010
Gotoh H, Kasaraneni N, Devineni N, Dallo S F, Weitao T
Abstract excerpt
Bacterial biofilm formation can be induced by antimicrobial and DNA damage agents. These agents trigger the SOS response, in which SOS sensor RecA stimulates auto-cleavage of repressor LexA. These observations lead to a hypothesis of a connection between stress-inducible biofilm formation and the RecA-LexA interplay. To test this hypothesis, three biofilm assays were conducted, viz. the standard 96-well assay,...
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