Biofilm formation by Staphylococcus epidermidis depends on functional RsbU, an activator of the sigB operon: Differential activation mechanisms due to ethanol and salt stress

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 183, Issue 8, 2001, Pages 2624-2633

  Knobloch, J K M ^a   Bartscht, K ^a   Sabottke, A ^a   Rohde, H ^a   Feucht, H H ^a   Mack, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ALCOHOL; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOFILM; DNA FLANKING REGION; GENE LOCUS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; OPERON; OSMOTIC STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ETHANOL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; SIGMA FACTOR; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0035094064     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.183.8.2624-2633.2001     Document Type: Article

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