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Functional analysis of the protein Veg, which stimulates biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Apr 2013
Lei Ying, Oshima Taku, Ogasawara Naotake, Ishikawa Shu
Abstract excerpt
Biofilm is a complex aggregate of cells that adhere to each other and produce an extracellular matrix. In Bacillus subtilis, an extracellular polysaccharide (EPS) and amyloid fiber (TasA), synthesized by the epsA-epsO and tapA-sipW-tasA operons, respectively, are the primary components of the extracellular matrix. In the current study, we investigated the functional role of the previously uncharacterized veg gene...
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