agr-mediated dispersal of Staphylococcus aureus biofilms

PLoS Pathogens

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2008, Pages

  Boles, Blaise R ^a   Horswill, Alexander R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEINASE K; RIFAMPICIN; SERINE PROTEINASE; VIRULENCE FACTOR; AGR PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; AGRD PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BENZYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; ENZYME INHIBITOR; TRANSACTIVATOR PROTEIN;

ACCESSORY GENE REGULATOR; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOTYPE; INHIBITION KINETICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; QUORUM SENSING; REGULATOR GENE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; DRUG EFFECT; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; ENDOPEPTIDASE K; ENZYME INHIBITORS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; PHENYLMETHYLSULFONYL FLUORIDE; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 43049135194     PISSN: 15537366     EISSN: 15537374     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1000052     Document Type: Article

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