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ORGANISM(S): Escherichia coli
SUBMITTER: Xue-Song Zhang
PROVIDER: E-GEOD-10116 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
García-Contreras Rodolfo R Zhang Xue-Song XS Kim Younghoon Y Wood Thomas K TK
PloS one 20080611 6
We discovered previously that the small Escherichia coli proteins Hha (hemolysin expression modulating protein) and the adjacent, poorly-characterized YbaJ are important for biofilm formation; however, their roles have been nebulous. Biofilms are intricate communities in which cell signaling often converts single cells into primitive tissues. Here we show that Hha decreases biofilm formation dramatically by repressing the transcription of rare codon tRNAs which serves to inhibit fimbriae product ...[more]