AI-2-dependent gene regulation in Staphylococcus epidermidis

BMC Microbiology

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Li, Min ^a   Villaruz, Amer E ^a   Vadyvaloo, Viveka ^a   Sturdevant, Daniel E ^a   Otto, Michael ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; ENZYME; NITROGEN; NUCLEOTIDE; PEPTIDE; S RIBOSYLHOMOCYSTEINASE; SUGAR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; HOMOSERINE; HYBRID PROTEIN; LACTONE; LUXS PROTEIN, BACTERIA; LYASE; N OCTANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; N-OCTANOYLHOMOSERINE LACTONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOME; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUTANT; NITROGEN METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; VIRULENCE; BIOASSAY; DNA MICROARRAY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; METABOLISM; MUTATION; QUORUM SENSING; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CARBON-SULFUR LYASES; DNA, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; HOMOSERINE; LACTONES; MUTATION; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE ARRAY SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; QUORUM SENSING; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 39049101922     PISSN: 14712180     EISSN: 14712180     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2180-8-4     Document Type: Article

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