Identification of Streptococcus sanguinis genes required for biofilm formation and examination of their role in endocarditis virulence

Infection and Immunity

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2551-2559

  Ge, Xiuchun ^a   Kitten, Todd ^a   Chen, Zhenming ^a,b   Lee, Sehmi P ^a,c   Munro, Cindy L ^a   Xu, Ping ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND DENTAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENDOCARDITIS; GENE IDENTIFICATION; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; VIRULENCE; ANIMAL; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL GENE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ANIMALS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOFILMS; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; MUTATION; RABBITS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUIS; VIRULENCE;

EID: 46249113063     PISSN: 00199567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/IAI.00338-08     Document Type: Article

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