Effect of iron on the expression of sirR and sitABC in biofilm-associated Staphylococcus epidermidis

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Massonet, Caroline ^a   Pintens, Valerie ^a   Merckx, Rita ^a   Anné, Jozef ^b   Lammertyn, Elke ^b   Van Eldere, Johan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b REGA INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABC TRANSPORTER; FERRIC CHLORIDE; IRON; SIDEROPHORE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOREIGN BODY; GENE EXPRESSION; GROWTH RATE; INCUBATION TIME; IRON TRANSPORT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPERON; PHENOTYPE; PLANKTON; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RAT; SIRR GENE; SITA GENE; SITB GENE; SITC GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; UPREGULATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; CELL DIVISION; CHLORIDES; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA, BACTERIAL; FERRIC COMPOUNDS; GENE DOSAGE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; IRON; KINETICS; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RATS; REPRESSOR PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIDEROPHORES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

RATTUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 33846469332     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-6-103     Document Type: Article

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