The Enterococcus faecalis fsrB gene, a key component of the fsr quorum-sensing system, is associated with virulence in the rabbit endophthalmitis model

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 4678-4681

  Mylonakis, Eleftherios ^a   Engelbert, Michael ^a   Qin, Xiang ^a   Sifri, Costi D ^a   Murray, Barbara E ^a   Ausubel, Frederick M ^a   Gilmore, Michael S ^a   Calderwood, Stephen B ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN FSRB; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; DELETION MUTANT; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; ENDOPHTHALMITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EYE; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; RABBITS; RETINA; VIRULENCE; VISION;

EID: 0036076721     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.70.8.4678-4681.2002     Document Type: Article

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