Influence of Tn917 insertion on transcription of the icaADBC operon in six biofilm-negative transposon mutants of Staphylococcus epidermidis

Plasmid

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 10-17

  Dobinsky, Sabine ^a   Bartscht, Katrin ^a   Mack, Dietrich ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofilm; IcaADBC; Polysaccharide intercellular adhesin; Staphylococcus epidermidis; Tn917; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRANSPOSON;

INSERTION SEQUENCES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRANSPOSONS;

EID: 0036152834     PISSN: 0147619X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/plas.2001.1554     Document Type: Article

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