Molecular basis of intercellular adhesion in the biofilm-forming Staphylococcus epidermidis

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1083-1091

  Heilmann, Christine ^a   Schweitzer, Oliver ^a   Gerke, Christiane ^a   Vanittanakom, Nongnuch ^a,c   Mack, Dietrich ^b   Götz, Friedrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^c CHIANG MAI UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL MEMBRANE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENOMIC LIBRARY; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCANS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); RHIZOBIUM; SINORHIZOBIUM MELILOTI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS CARNOSUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0029888438     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2958.1996.tb02548.x     Document Type: Article

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