Quorum-sensing control of biofilm factors in Staphylococcus epidermidis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 188, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 706-718

  Vuong, Cuong ^a   Gerke, Christiane ^b,c   Somerville, Greg A ^a   Fischer, Elizabeth R ^a   Otto, Michael ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOLYSIN; BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BACTERIAL TOXIN; PHEROMONE; POLYSTYRENE;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM MUTANT; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELETION MUTANT; GENE DELETION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL ADHESION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BACTERIAL TOXINS; BIOFILMS; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; PHEROMONES; POLYSACCHARIDES, BACTERIAL; POLYSTYRENES; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0141501142     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/377239     Document Type: Article

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