Extracellular DNA required for bacterial biofilm formation

被引：1562
作者：
Whitchurch, CB
Tolker-Nielsen, T
Ragas, PC
Mattick, JS [1 ]
机构：
[1] Univ Queensland, Inst Mol Biosci, ARC Special Res Ctr Funct & Appl Genom, Brisbane, Qld 4072, Australia
[2] Tech Univ Denmark, Bioctr DTU, Mol Microbial Ecol Grp, DK-2800 Lyngby, Denmark
来源：
SCIENCE | 2002年 / 295卷 / 5559期
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D O I：
10.1126/science.295.5559.1487
中图分类号：
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号：
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要：
[No abstract available]
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页码：1487 / 1487
页数：1
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