Relationships between oxidative stress response and virulence in Enterococcus faecalis

Journal of Molecular Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 13, Issue 1-3, 2007, Pages 140-146

  Riboulet, Eliette ^a   Verneuil, Nicolas ^a   La Carbona, Stéphanie ^a   Sauvageot, Nicolas ^a   Auffray, Yanick ^a   Hartke, Axel ^a   Giard, Jean Christophe ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE CAEN   (France)

Author keywords

Enterococcus faecalis; Oxidative stress; Virulence

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETIC REGULATION; IMMUNE RESPONSE; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; REVIEW; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PATHOGENICITY; VIRULENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; POSIBACTERIA;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 36148993035     PISSN: 14641801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000103605     Document Type: Review

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