Division of labour during Bacillus subtilis biofilm formation
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Bistability and biofilm formation in Bacillus subtilis.
Biofilms of Bacillus subtilis consist of long chains of cells that are held together in bundles by an extracellular matrix of exopolysaccharide and the protein TasA. The exopolysaccharide is produced by enzymes encoded by the epsA-O operon and the gene encoding TasA is located in the yqxM-sipW-tasA operon. Both operons are under the control of the repressor SinR. Derepression is mediated by the...
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عنوان ژورنال: Molecular Microbiology
سال: 2007
ISSN: 0950-382X
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.2007.06053.x