Regulation of icaR gene expression in Staphylococcus epidermidis

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 216, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 171-177

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

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Ica operon; IcaR; LightCycler RT PCR; Transcription

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN ICAR; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TETRACYCLINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; ENVIRONMENT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TETRACYCLINE; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0037027524     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(02)01031-5     Document Type: Article

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