σB regulates IS256-mediated Staphylococcus aureus biofilm phenotypic variation

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 189, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2886-2896

  Valle, Jaione ^a,c   Vergara Irigaray, Marta ^a   Merino, Nekane ^a   Penadés, José R ^b   Lasa, Iñigo ^a  

^a PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO VALENCIANO DE INVESTIGACIONES AGRARIAS IVIA   (Spain)

^c CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; SIGMA FACTOR;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHROMOSOME INSERTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA TRANSPOSITION; ESSENTIAL GENE; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE; GENE INSERTION; ICAC GENE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SARA GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSPOSON;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BIOFILMS; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SIGMA FACTOR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 34147140338     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.01767-06     Document Type: Article

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