Homologous c-di-GMP-Binding Scr Transcription Factors Orchestrate Biofilm Development in Vibrio parahaemolyticus.

Abstract excerpt

The marine bacterium and human pathogen Vibrio parahaemolyticus rapidly colonizes surfaces by using swarming motility and forming robust biofilms. Entering one of the two colonization programs, swarming motility or sessility, involves differential regulation of many genes, resulting in a dramatic shift in physiology and behavior. V. parahaemolyticus has evolved complex regulation to control these two processes...

Topics

• Bacterial Proteins
• Biofilms
• Cyclic GMP
• Gene Expression Regulation, Bacterial
• Models, Molecular
• Molecular Conformation