Differential protein expression in Streptococcus uberis under planktonic and biofilm growth conditions.
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SUBMITTER: Crowley RC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3019713 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jan
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Differential protein expression in Streptococcus uberis under planktonic and biofilm growth conditions.
Crowley R C RC Leigh J A JA Ward P N PN Lappin-Scott H M HM Bowler L D LD
Applied and environmental microbiology 20101112 1
The bovine pathogen Streptococcus uberis was assessed for biofilm growth. The transition from planktonic to biofilm growth in strain 0140J correlated with an upregulation of several gene products that have been shown to be important for pathogenesis, including a glutamine ABC transporter (SUB1152) and a lactoferrin binding protein (gene lbp; protein SUB0145). ...[more]
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