icaR encodes a transcriptional repressor involved in environmental regulation of ica operon expression and biofilm formation in Staphylococcus epidermidis

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 184, Issue 16, 2002, Pages 4400-4408

  Conlon, Kevin M ^a   Humphreys, Hilary ^a   O'Gara, James P ^a  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADHESIN; ALCOHOL; GLUCOSE; POLYSACCHARIDE; SODIUM CHLORIDE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INSERTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC CODE; ICAR GENE; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; TRANSCRIPTION TERMINATION;

BIOFILMS; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; OPERON; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); INSERTION SEQUENCES; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0036330857     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.184.16.4400-4408.2002     Document Type: Article

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