Bap, a Staphylococcus aureus surface protein involved in biofilm formation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 2888-2896

  Cucarella, C ^a   Solano, C ^a   Valle, J ^a   Amorena, B ^a   Lasa, I ^a   Penades J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD CEU CARDENAL HERRERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN BAP; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CATTLE DISEASE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE INSERTION; GENE LOCUS; MASTITIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANSPOSON;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO ACIDS; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CATTLE; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MASTITIS, BOVINE; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA SUBSP. ENTERICA SEROVAR TYPHI; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0035050284     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.9.2888-2896.2001     Document Type: Article

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