The Enterococcus faecalis fsr two-component system controls biofilm development through production of gelatinase

Journal of Bacteriology

Volumn 186, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 5629-5639

  Hancock, Lynn E ^a   Perego, Marta ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GELATINASE; METALLOPROTEINASE; ZINC;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BIOFILM; CONFOCAL LASER MICROSCOPY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; FSR GENE; GELE GENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; NONHUMAN; OPERON; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GELATINASES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENE ORDER; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, REGULATOR; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; OPERON; PROTEIN KINASES; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; INSERTION SEQUENCES; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 4344682069     PISSN: 00219193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JB.186.17.5629-5639.2004     Document Type: Article

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