Mycobacterial biofilms: A greasy way to hold it together

被引：52

作者：

Zambrano, MM ^{[1
]}

Kolter, R

机构：

[1] Harvard Univ, Sch Med, Dept Microbiol & Mol Genet, Boston, MA 02115 USA

[2] Corpogen Inst, Dept Mol Genet, Bogota, Colombia

来源：

CELL | 2005年 / 123卷 / 05期

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D O I：

10.1016/j.cell.2005.11.011

中图分类号：

Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];

学科分类号：

071010 ; 081704 ;

摘要：

Microorganisms growing on surfaces can form biofilms under certain conditions. In this issue of Cell, Ojha et al. (2005) investigate biofilm formation in mycobacteria. They identify new cell-wall components that are required for the formation of architecturally complex mature biofilms in these bacteria and the surprising involvement of a chaperone protein in this process.

引用

页码：762 / 764

页数：3

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