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Differential control of Yersinia pestis biofilm formation in vitro and in the flea vector by two c-di-GMP diguanylate cyclases.
PloS one - 29 Apr 2011
Sun Yi-Cheng, Koumoutsi Alexandra, Jarrett Clayton, Lawrence Kevin, Gherardini Frank C, Darby Creg, Hinnebusch B Joseph
Abstract excerpt
Yersinia pestis forms a biofilm in the foregut of its flea vector that promotes transmission by flea bite. As in many bacteria, biofilm formation in Y. pestis is controlled by intracellular levels of the bacterial second messenger c-di-GMP. Two Y. pestis diguanylate cyclase (DGC) enzymes, encoded...
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