Localized tufts of fibrils on Staphylococcus epidermidis NCTC 11047 are comprised of the accumulation-associated protein

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2793-2804

  Banner, Miriam A ^a   Cunniffe, John G ^b   Macintosh, Robin L ^a   Foster, Timothy J ^c   Rohde, Holger ^d   Mack, Dietrich ^e   Hoyes, Emmy ^f   Derrick, Jeremy ^a   Upton, Mathew ^a   Handley, Pauline S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b ARROWE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^d UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^e SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f MANCHESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; FIBER; HYDROPHOBICITY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; WILD TYPE;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CELL MEMBRANE; DNA PRIMERS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SKIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 34147099431     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.00952-06     Document Type: Article

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