Role of autolysin-mediated DNA release in biofilm formation of Staphylococcus epidermidis

Microbiology

Volumn 153, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 2083-2092

  Qin, Zhiqiang ^a   Ou, Yuanzhu ^a   Yang, Liang ^b   Zhu, Yuli ^a   Tolker Nielsen, Tim ^b   Molin, Soeren ^b   Qu, Di ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTOLYSIN; DNA; POLYSTYRENE; PROTEIN ATLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE AMPLIFICATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; WILD TYPE;

ADHESINS, BACTERIAL; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; N-ACETYLMURAMOYL-L-ALANINE AMIDASE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 34447517612     PISSN: 13500872     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/mic.0.2007/006031-0     Document Type: Article

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